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Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 17:35:48 -0800
From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Organization: Candela Technologies
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To: Massimo Cetra <mcetra@navynet.it>
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Subject: Re: Kernel release numbering
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Massimo Cetra wrote:

> So, why moving from 2.6.14 to 2.6.15 when, in 2/4 weeks, i'll have a more
> stable 2.6.16 ? 
> Will users help testing an odd release to have a good even release ? Or will
> they consider an even release as important as a -RC release ?

I think it would be useful for folks to test the 2.6.ODD release because
the understanding is that 2.6.ODD+1 will be out soon, and we are pretty
sure there won't be any large changes in that transition.  Any out-side-the-tree
patches will probably apply to both of these w/out manual hacking,
which also makes testing easier.

I am less likely to test an ODD.pre-Z release because there is likely to be
a large pile coming after that, which means that even if pre-Z worked
fine, I still have to be very paranoid about the final release.

Ben

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Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com

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