Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 20:02:14 -0800
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering
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On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 22:40:57 -0500
Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:

> People don't test 2.6-rc releases because they know they are not 
> "release candidate, with only bug fixes" releases, which is how the rest 
> of the world interprets the phrase.

That's not %100 true.  No matter what -rc* really is, people perceive
it to be something based upon it's name and whether or not it is an
official release.  As far as I can see it's %95 perception vs. reality.
And IT IS part of the reason the -rc's are not as good as they could be.
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