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From: CaT <cat@zip.com.au>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 3.0-rc1
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 12:07:12 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110530020711.GY3956@zip.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTinE8eSSovGx6CPPkTeCpqv8AsS2nw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 06:30:32PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Now, my alpha-maleness sadly does not actually extend to all the
> scripts and Makefile rules, so the kernel is fighting back, and is
> calling itself 3.0.0-rc1. We'll have the usual 6-7 weeks to wrestle it
> into submission, and get scripts etc cleaned up, and the final release
> should be just "3.0". The -stable team can use the third number for
> their versioning.

Why not just keep the sublevel 0 for your release and let stable team
modify it for their release. That way you release 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 3.2.0
and stable do 3.0.1, 3.1.3, 3.2.1, etc. Less script breakage that way.

-- 
  "A search of his car uncovered pornography, a homemade sex aid, women's 
  stockings and a Jack Russell terrier."
    - http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/wacky/indeed/story-e6frev20-1111118083480

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-05-30  2:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-30  1:30 Linux 3.0-rc1 Linus Torvalds
2011-05-30  1:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-05-30  2:29   ` Américo Wang
2011-05-30  6:38   ` Boaz Harrosh
2011-05-30 20:03   ` Mariusz Kozlowski
2011-05-30 22:48     ` david
2011-05-31  5:40       ` Mariusz Kozlowski
2011-05-31  7:25         ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2011-05-30  1:59 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-05-30 15:07   ` Steven Rostedt
2011-05-30  2:04 ` Greg KH
2011-05-30  6:39   ` Tarkan Erimer
2011-05-30  9:46   ` Miles Bader
2011-05-30 10:09     ` Anca Emanuel
2011-05-30 10:37       ` Pekka Enberg
2011-05-30 12:03         ` Wanlong Gao
2011-05-30 12:05           ` Zhang, Shijie
2011-05-30 12:58         ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-05-30  2:07 ` CaT [this message]
2011-05-30  6:01   ` Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
2011-05-30  6:43 ` [GIT PULL] small perf fix for v3.0-rc1 Ingo Molnar
2011-05-30 13:38 ` Linux 3.0-rc1 Camille Moncelier
2011-05-30 14:07 ` 15Hz
2011-05-30 14:33   ` trapDoor
2011-05-30 20:33 ` Mustapha Rabiu
2011-05-30 20:50   ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-05-31  5:59 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-05-31 10:34   ` Steven Rostedt
2011-05-31  6:01 ` Dave Airlie
2011-05-31  9:23 ` Willy Tarreau
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-05-30  9:28 Sedat Dilek
2011-05-31 19:27 ` Sedat Dilek

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