Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering

Arjan van de Ven
2005-03-03T09:53:39Z

On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 01:42 -0800, Barry K. Nathan wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 02:52:21AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > even/odd means that certain releases (even ones) are more magical than
> > others. That's weird, since users aren't used to that sort of thing in
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > any other project.
>
> Actually, we are:
>
> Red Hat Linux 7.2: not magical
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1: magical
> Red Hat Linux 7.3: not magical
> Red Hat Linux 8.0: not magical
> Red Hat Linux 9: not magical
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0: magical
> Fedora Core 1: not magical
> Fedora Core 2: not magical
> Fedora Core 3: not magical
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0: magical
> Fedora Core 4: not magical
> ...
>
> Sure, Red Hat changes the name as well as the version number whenever they
> make a magical release, but it's really the same concept.

it's actually not. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is magical in that you get
actual support for it (in various degrees, depending on for what level
you want to pay). That is what sets it appart, not the actual bits.