Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:52:39 +0100
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
       linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Enough with the ad-hoc naming schemes, please
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On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 01:08:51PM -0500, Matt Mackall wrote:
> 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.

indeed, the current -rc are really the good old -pre, and -final ir just
a completely stupid name for -rc.  Please try to get some sanity back into
the release naming.
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