Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering

Linus Torvalds
2005-03-04T05:01:06Z

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>
> It still does not solve the problem of "untested" releases. Users will
> still ignore the linus-tree-rcX kernels.

.. and maybe that problem is unsolvable. People certainly argued
vehemently that anything we do to try to make test releases (renaming etc)
won't help.

So what do you do if you find an unsolvable problem? You don't solve it:
you make sure it's not a show-stopper.

So part of the idea of having the "other tree" is that it ends up solving
the "hmm, we missed that detail" problem. And by _not_ giving it release
numbers or any schedule at all, people can't _wait_ for it.

Sneaky. That's my middle name.

Linus