Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264882AbTFLQRW (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:17:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264881AbTFLQRW (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:17:22 -0400 Received: from smtphost.cis.strath.ac.uk ([130.159.196.96]:57579 "EHLO smtphost.cis.strath.ac.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264882AbTFLQRT (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:17:19 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:30:44 +0100 From: iain d broadfoot To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.21-rc8 Message-ID: <20030612163044.GB1501@iain-vaio-fx405> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200306120859.h5C8xuh7000958@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200306120859.h5C8xuh7000958@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> X-Editor: Vim http://www.vim.org/ X-Operating-System: Linux/2.4.21-rc8 (i686) X-Uptime: 17:28:12 up 3:46, 3 users, load average: 0.08, 0.11, 0.32 X-Message-Flag: Outlook viruses can be made to send private documents from your hard drive to any or all recipients from your address book. But it only happens about once a month or so, so it's okay. Just keep on using it. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-CIS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-CIS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-8.8, required 5, BAYES_00 -5.20, IN_REP_TO -0.37, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT -0.38, REFERENCES -0.00, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES 0.00, USER_AGENT_MUTT -2.80) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 763 Lines: 24 * John Bradford (john@grabjohn.com) wrote: > Or, to look at it other way, it would be effectively carrying on the > -pre phase during the -rc phase: > [snip diagram] interestingly, this feels somewhat similar to debian's method of producing stable releases - perform a 'freeze' and only allow things to stay that are solid. obviously, the kernel has a much faster release rate. :D iain -- wh33, y1p33 3tc. "If sharing a thing in no way diminishes it, it is not rightly owned if it is not shared." -St. Augustine - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/