From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269072AbUHYBE5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:04:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269069AbUHYBE4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:04:56 -0400 Received: from mail.broadpark.no ([217.13.4.2]:404 "EHLO mail.broadpark.no") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269072AbUHYBEu (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:04:50 -0400 Message-ID: <412BE5CC.8020303@linux-user.net> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 03:05:16 +0200 From: Daniel Andersen User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 (X11/20040712) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Sartorelli, Kevin" Cc: fraga@abusar.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.9-rc1 References: <4B2093FFC31B7A45862B62A376EA7176033C058D@mickey.topnz.ac.nz> In-Reply-To: <4B2093FFC31B7A45862B62A376EA7176033C058D@mickey.topnz.ac.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sartorelli, Kevin wrote: > Daniel Andersen wrote: > >>As Linus initially said, there is the possibility of releasing >>a bug-fix patch 2.6.8.2 *after* 2.6.9 has been released. > > > So, in this case, which would be considered the latest stable kernel to be used in production? I can see this getting to a stage where you just pick and hope :-( > > Cheers > Kevin This would normally be 2.6.9(.w). I did not point it out but Linus said -rc kernels. Lately there has been some talk about removing deprecated features (eg. devfs, cryptoloop) which makes me think. Linus, is there a chance that there will be a x.y.z.W release of an old kernel after the next x.y.Z.w has been released and no longer is -rc? For example releasing a 2.6.8.2 after 2.6.9 has been released and no longer is a 2.6.9-rcX. In this case Kevin would have a point. Daniel Andersen --