From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756559AbaHYTiB (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:38:01 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:32842 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751127AbaHYTh6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:37:58 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:37:16 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Kamal Mostafa Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com, "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [3.8.y.z extended stable] Linux 3.8.13.28 stable review Message-ID: <20140825193716.GB18708@kroah.com> References: <1408985699-31838-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> <20140825170033.GA18021@kroah.com> <1408994058.8997.33.camel@fourier> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1408994058.8997.33.camel@fourier> 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 12:14:18PM -0700, Kamal Mostafa wrote: > On Mon, 2014-08-25 at 10:00 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > 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? > > We'll consider that idea for future extended stable versions maintained > by our team. Thank you very much, that should help reduce the current confusion. greg k-h