From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269075AbUHYBS3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:18:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269085AbUHYBS3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:18:29 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]:16271 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269075AbUHYBS1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:18:27 -0400 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: fraga@abusar.org ( =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E2niel?= Fraga) Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.9-rc1 Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:01:28 -0300 Organization: http://www.turbonerd.hpg.ig.com.br Message-ID: <805tv1-ec2.ln1@tux.abusar.org> References: <20040824184245.GE5414@waste.org> <412BD946.1080908@linux-user.net> Reply-To: fraga@abusar.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 200-207-206-233.dsl.telesp.net.br X-Newsreader: knews 1.0c.0 X-Leafnode-Warning: administrator allowed illegal use of 8-bit data in header. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <412BD946.1080908@linux-user.net>, Daniel Andersen writes: > 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. This can make things very Why does this could happen? Do you agree with me that when 2.6.9 is released, all future versions should be based on 2.6.9? Or it's a BK issue I don't know? > confusing when patch-2.6.9 is against 2.6.8.1 and not 2.6.8.2 (or > 2.6.8). So if we use a rule of always patching against the first x.y.Z > release (and not the last x.y.z.W by the time the new x.y.Z is released) > we can assure consistence in the patch management. Ok, I understand the problem. But isn't it possible to avoid releasing some 2.6.8.x version after 2.6.9? I mean, I'm not understanding why this could happen. Ps: sorry if this question is silly, but I didn't get the point why 2.6.8.2 could be released after 2.6.9. -- http://Processo.tk (1001 dias) http://U-br.tk Linux 2.6.7 São Paulo - SP