Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261454AbVCCE7m (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 23:59:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261429AbVCCE7j (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 23:59:39 -0500 Received: from dsl027-180-174.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.174]:52162 "EHLO cheetah.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261454AbVCCE6h (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 23:58:37 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 20:58:26 -0800 From: "David S. Miller" To: Jeff Garzik Cc: torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering Message-Id: <20050302205826.523b9144.davem@davemloft.net> In-Reply-To: <4226969E.5020101@pobox.com> References: <42264F6C.8030508@pobox.com> <20050302162312.06e22e70.akpm@osdl.org> <42265A6F.8030609@pobox.com> <20050302165830.0a74b85c.davem@davemloft.net> <422674A4.9080209@pobox.com> <42268749.4010504@pobox.com> <20050302200214.3e4f0015.davem@davemloft.net> <42268F93.6060504@pobox.com> <4226969E.5020101@pobox.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.1 (GTK+ 1.2.10; sparc-unknown-linux-gnu) X-Face: "_;p5u5aPsO,_Vsx"^v-pEq09'CU4&Dc1$fQExov$62l60cgCc%FnIwD=.UF^a>?5'9Kn[;433QFVV9M..2eN.@4ZWPGbdi<=?[:T>y?SD(R*-3It"Vj:)"dP Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1153 Lines: 27 On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 23:46:22 -0500 Jeff Garzik wrote: > If Linus/DaveM really don't like -pre/-rc naming, I think 2.6.x.y is > preferable to even/odd. All of these arguments are circular. If people think that even/odd will devalue odd releases, guess what 2.6.x.y will do? By that line of reasoning nobody will test 2.6.x just the same as they aren't testing 2.6.x-rc* right now. I think they will test the odd releases, because as a real release they will get slashdot/lwn.net/etc. announcements. That's one of the major things the -rc's don't get. Maybe it gets a reference in lwn.net's weekly kernel article, but mostly kernel geeks read those and that's not who we want testing -rc's (such geeks already are doing so). It has to be a "real" release. That does have an impact. However, I am ambivalent about how to make them real. Even/odd, 2.6.x.y, either is fine with me. - 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/