Re: Linux v2.6.8 - Oops on NFSv3

Marcelo Tosatti
2004-08-15T22:16:47Z

On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 12:20:08PM -0500, Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 04:05:56AM -0700, 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.
>
> We might avoid some of this (and communicate more to end users) by
> using the 2.4 -pre and -rc nomenclature, where a release is made by
> renaming an -rc kernel. As it stands, the current 2.6 "release
> candidate" naming is a lie - there's no intent to make it a final
> release.

I agree. The renaming is done by hpa's "bless-as-final" script on master.kernel.org.