From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux v2.6.8 - Oops on NFSv3
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:39:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cfrcnp$9bd$2@gatekeeper.tmr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0408140404050.1839@ppc970.osdl.org>
Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>
>>Cane we make this 2.6.9 to avoid breaking all kinds of scripts expecting
>>three-digit kernel versions?
>
>
> Well, we've been discussing the 2.6.x.y format for a while, so I see this
> as an opportunity to actually do it... Will it break automated scripts?
> Maybe. But on the other hand, we'll never even find out unless we try it
> some time.
So will we see 2.6.8.1-bk1 tomorrow, or 2.6.8-bk1.1, or ??? And what
will 2.6.8.3 patch against, 2.6.8.2 or 2.6.8?
I think you are perhaps over-solving the problem that an early -bk1
could have solved without breaking scripts and kernel macros.
--
-bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
last possible moment - but no longer" -me
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-16 22:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-14 6:05 Linux v2.6.8 Linus Torvalds
2004-08-14 10:10 ` Linux v2.6.8 - Oops on NFSv3 Willy Tarreau
2004-08-14 10:19 ` Willy Tarreau
2004-08-14 10:34 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-14 10:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-08-14 10:35 ` Willy Tarreau
2004-08-14 10:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-08-14 10:55 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-08-14 11:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-08-14 11:18 ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-08-14 11:27 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-14 11:31 ` viro
2004-08-14 12:48 ` Nur Hussein
2004-08-14 20:57 ` Greg Norris
2004-08-18 20:57 ` [PATCH] scripts/patch-kernel: use EXTRAVERSION Randy.Dunlap
2004-08-22 20:40 ` Sam Ravnborg
2005-03-15 16:15 ` [BUG] " David Greaves
2005-03-15 16:25 ` Greg KH
2005-03-15 17:44 ` Greg KH
2005-03-15 17:54 ` Matt Mackall
2005-03-15 19:55 ` Sam Ravnborg
2005-03-15 18:02 ` David Greaves
2005-03-15 18:37 ` Sam Ravnborg
2005-04-12 0:07 ` [PATCH] scripts/patch-kernel: EXTRAVERSION patches are not incremental Randy.Dunlap
2004-08-17 3:13 ` Linux v2.6.8 - Oops on NFSv3 Patrick McFarland
2004-08-14 17:20 ` Matt Mackall
2004-08-15 20:10 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2004-08-16 3:37 ` Han Boetes
2004-08-16 14:06 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-08-16 22:39 ` Bill Davidsen [this message]
2004-08-18 8:29 ` Robert Schwebel
2004-08-14 15:33 ` Norman Zhang
2004-08-14 10:19 ` [patch 2.6.8-rc4-mm1] via-velocity: wrong module name in Kconfig documentation Francois Romieu
2004-09-20 18:44 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-14 10:30 ` Linux v2.6.8 Jeff Garzik
2004-08-14 11:19 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2004-08-14 11:38 ` Francois Romieu
2004-08-14 11:16 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-08-16 17:56 ` Linux v2.6.8 (compile stats) John Cherry
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