Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266196AbUINW3g (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:29:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266189AbUINWXm (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:23:42 -0400 Received: from mail.broadpark.no ([217.13.4.2]:38063 "EHLO mail.broadpark.no") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269597AbUINWVl (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:21:41 -0400 Message-ID: <41476F6E.8030205@linux-user.net> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:23:42 +0200 From: Daniel Andersen User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (X11/20040519) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dave Jones Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] README (resend) - Explain new 2.6.xx.x version number References: <41476413.1060100@linux-user.net> <20040914214356.GG13788@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20040914214356.GG13788@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 903 Lines: 26 Dave Jones wrote: > 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 > This was discussed in the thread "Linux 2.6.9-rc1". Linus said there was a remote possibility it could happen some day so I thought it was a good thing to mention. Daniel Andersen -- - 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/