Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261438AbVCCDTM (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:19:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261401AbVCCCRp (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 21:17:45 -0500 Received: from note.orchestra.cse.unsw.EDU.AU ([129.94.242.24]:6102 "EHLO note.orchestra.cse.unsw.EDU.AU") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261400AbVCCCOd (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 21:14:33 -0500 From: Neil Brown To: Zwane Mwaikambo Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:14:04 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16934.29420.360075.952688@cse.unsw.edu.au> Cc: Lars Marowsky-Bree , Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering In-Reply-To: message from Zwane Mwaikambo on Wednesday March 2 References: <20050302225846.GK17584@marowsky-bree.de> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 21.3.1 X-face: [Gw_3E*Gng}4rRrKRYotwlE?.2|**#s9D A Linus based odd number > might be closer to that if we hope on people unwittingly running them. ^^^^^^^^^^^ I think this is a very unhelpful attitude. Don't expect people to do things unwittingly. It won't work. You should expect people to be more intelligent and more confused than you expect (yes, I know that is recursive). Being more intelligent means you won't be able to trick them. Being more confused means they will try out less things. Constantly changing the naming will confuse people, and they will experiment less. Having some clear and often-stated gaols for different releases - which are adhered to - will make people feel less confused and so more willing to experiment. Asking nicely probably helps too. --e.g.-- The latest 2.6.X is stable. Feel free to use it for any system. The latest 2.6.X-pre is fairly stable. Please consider using it on non-"mission critical" system. The latest 2.6.X-mmY is under development. Please test it if you have the opportunity. Agree on that. Stick to it. Get everyone to plaster it on their websites. Stick it at the bottom of all @vger.kernel.org mailing lists. See what happens. NeilBrown - 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/