Re: [3.13.y.z extended stable] Linux 3.13.11.7 stable review

H. Peter Anvin
2014-09-16T21:23:53Z

On 09/16/2014 11:13 AM, Greg KH wrote:
>
> By the "trailing digit", i.e. ".y", only. It's just an aditional
> number, not a "vendor version mark", like most packaging systems all
> incorporate to show obviously that there is a difference from the
> "upstream" release here.
>
>> I _want_ the consumer to be aware of where they have acquired their
>> kernel sources (as if the git URL is insufficient). Frankly, if the
>> version is an _enduring_ source of confusion, then perhaps the
>> consumer should seek other endeavors.
>
> You are really trying to use the "if the user is so dumb to understand,
> they should just go away" argument here? I value our users more than
> that, they are the only reason we will survive over time. You will not
> succeed by going around calling them names.
>

It is worth noting that we have a long-standing convention for these
sort of things. It looks like x.y[.z]-XXn where XX is two or three
letters, e.g. 3.13.11-km7.

-hpa