From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933227AbaHYRBQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:01:16 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:59707 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754526AbaHYRBO (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:01:14 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:00:33 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Kamal Mostafa Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [3.8.y.z extended stable] Linux 3.8.13.28 stable review Message-ID: <20140825170033.GA18021@kroah.com> References: <1408985699-31838-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1408985699-31838-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 09:54:46AM -0700, Kamal Mostafa wrote: > This is the start of the review cycle for the Linux 3.8.13.28 stable kernel. > > ** NOTE: This will be the last Linux 3.8.y.z extended stable version > ** to be released and supported by me and the Ubuntu Kernel team. I know this is the last release, but I have gotten some complaints by people who are confused by the numbering scheme you are using for the Canonical stable kernel releases. Can you please use the EXTRAVERSION field with a "-something" tag in it to differenciate from the "normal" kernel.org stable releases? A simple "-ubuntu" or "-canonical" or "-fuzzy_bunnies" marking would be fine, or whatever you want to pick. Everyone used to do this a long time ago when we had lots of different kernel releases / trees floating around in the pre-git days, which made things much easier to figure out where the trees came from. thanks, greg k-h