Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267291AbUJRSNu (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:13:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267359AbUJRSKe (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:10:34 -0400 Received: from waste.org ([209.173.204.2]:407 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267294AbUJRSJS (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:09:18 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:08:51 -0500 From: Matt Mackall To: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel Subject: Enough with the ad-hoc naming schemes, please Message-ID: <20041018180851.GA28904@waste.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 936 Lines: 22 Dear Linus, I can't help but notice you've broken all the tools that rely on a stable naming scheme TWICE in the span of LESS THAN ONE POINT RELEASE. In both cases, this could have been avoided by using Marcello's 2.4 naming scheme. It's very simple: when you think something is "final", you call it a "release candidate" and tag it "-rcX". If it works out, you rename it _unmodified_ and everyone can trust that it hasn't broken again in the interval. If it's not "final" and you're accepting more than bugfixes, you call it a "pre-release" and tag it "-pre". Then developers and testers and automated tools all know what to expect. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - 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/