Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261309AbVCBXNv (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:13:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261308AbVCBXJH (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:09:07 -0500 Received: from 206.175.9.210.velocitynet.com.au ([210.9.175.206]:26093 "EHLO cunningham.myip.net.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261311AbVCBXGn (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:06:43 -0500 Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering From: Nigel Cunningham Reply-To: ncunningham@cyclades.com To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1109804917.3711.5.camel@desktop.cunningham.myip.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6-1mdk Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:08:37 +1100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 870 Lines: 27 Hi. My first response is: this is a recipe for great confusion among users. I'd far rather see things only make it into your tree when they've been thoroughly tested (in -mm and prior to that). Following that strategy, your tree could always be relied upon to be stable and -rcs would only needed for dealing with the unforeseen interactions between otherwise mature patches. Regards, Nigel -- Nigel Cunningham Software Engineer, Canberra, Australia http://www.cyclades.com Bus: +61 (2) 6291 9554; Hme: +61 (2) 6292 8028; Mob: +61 (417) 100 574 Maintainer of Suspend2 Kernel Patches http://softwaresuspend.berlios.de - 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/