Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269488AbUINV6p (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 17:58:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269247AbUINVso (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 17:48:44 -0400 Received: from convulsion.choralone.org ([212.13.208.157]:59660 "EHLO convulsion.choralone.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266175AbUINVoL (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 17:44:11 -0400 Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:43:56 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: Daniel Andersen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] README (resend) - Explain new 2.6.xx.x version number Message-ID: <20040914214356.GG13788@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Daniel Andersen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org References: <41476413.1060100@linux-user.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41476413.1060100@linux-user.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 673 Lines: 17 On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 11:35:15PM +0200, Daniel Andersen wrote: > + In case of a > + bug-fix release such as if eg. 2.6.8.2 is released after 2.6.9 has > + been released, 2.6.9 is still to be considered the newest kernel > + release of all current kernels. This bit seems odd to me. Why would a 2.6.8.2 get released, when there's a newer 2.6.9 which should fix whatever was relevant to get into 2.6.8.x ? Dave - 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/