Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261638AbUJ0HdB (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 03:33:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262306AbUJ0HdB (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 03:33:01 -0400 Received: from hermine.aitel.hist.no ([158.38.50.15]:14096 "HELO hermine.aitel.hist.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261638AbUJ0Hc7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 03:32:59 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:38:56 +0200 To: Hua Zhong Cc: "'Linus Torvalds'" , "'Bill Davidsen'" , "'Nick Piggin'" , "'William Lee Irwin III'" , "'Kernel Mailing List'" Subject: Re: The naming wars continue... Message-ID: <20041027073856.GA24886@hh.idb.hist.no> References: <00ba01c4bae4$892ec4f0$ca41cb3f@amer.cisco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00ba01c4bae4$892ec4f0$ca41cb3f@amer.cisco.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i From: Helge Hafting Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 928 Lines: 20 On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 03:46:58PM -0700, Hua Zhong wrote: > > But not everyone reads LKML or the annoucement..a lot of people may just > decide whether to try this out based on the name. They go to kernel.org from > time to time and say: I'll test the next rc release. > > "RC" has a very well-known meaning. It would make people scared if they find > rc isn't stable, and lose a lot of potential testers. So why break it? > I expect a "rc" to be a kind of beta - an attempt to get it right rather than experiment - but it may still be broken. Someone who want stability should try the latest point release (2.6.9) or fix release (2.6.9.x with the current system) Helge Hafting - 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/