Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262266AbUJZNan (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:30:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262267AbUJZNan (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:30:43 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:14242 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262266AbUJZNaP (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:30:15 -0400 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Giuseppe Bilotta Subject: Re: The naming wars continue... Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:09:55 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4179F81A.4010601@yahoo.com.au> <417D7089.3070208@tmr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-159-143.29-151.libero.it User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2067 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1596 Lines: 41 Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > > > I do agree that the pre and rc names gave a strong hint that (-pre) new > > features would be considered or (-rc) it's worth doing more serious > > testing. > > Well, I actually do try to _explain_ in the kernel mailing list > annoucements what it going on. > > One of the reasons I don't like "-rcX" vs "-preX" is that they are so > meaningless. In contrast, when I actually do the write-up on a patch, I > tend to explain what I expect to have changed, and if I feel we're getting > ready for a release, I'll say something like > > .. > > Ok, > trying to make ready for the real 2.6.9 in a week or so, so please give > this a beating, and if you have pending patches, please hold on to them > for a bit longer, until after the 2.6.9 release. It would be good to have > a 2.6.9 that doesn't need a dot-release immediately ;) > > .... > > which is a hell of a lot more descriptive, in my opinion. Yeah but try fitting that in the extraversion. Maybe we should use -hopstt(hold on patches, stress-test this) for this kind of stuff, and -beo (bring 'em on) for the "early" -rcX ... :) -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta Can't you see It all makes perfect sense Expressed in dollar and cents Pounds shillings and pence (Roger Waters) - 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/