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From: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin)
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.9-rc1
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Followup to:  <805tv1-ec2.ln1@tux.abusar.org>
By author:    fraga@abusar.org ( =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E2niel?= Fraga)
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> 
> 	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.
> 

Because people don't want to upgrade to 2.6.9 for some reason (too big
of a change.)  Kind of like why we're still supporting 2.4, 2.2 and
(to some degree) 2.0.

	-hpa