From: Denis Vlasenko <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
To: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>, "Roman Zippel" <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] README (resend) - Explain new 2.6.xx.x version number
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:01:21 +0300
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On Wednesday 15 September 2004 05:40, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Daniel Andersen wrote:
> >> This one ended up in the void last time without any comments.
> >
> > The funny thing is by the time people managed to apply the patch
> > correctly, they don't need to read the README anymore.
>
> That's correct for this time.  However, if they have other kernel
> trees (in the future) with this patch applied, it can help.
>
> > Seriously, without knowing about the pre-patches, what would you expect
> > about the patch order if you found the patches 2.6.8, 2.6.8.1, 2.6.9?
>
> We have evidence that it's confusing to more than one person.

Using 2.6.8-fix1 instead of 2.6.8.1 could avoid such problems.
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vda

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