Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261862AbVCCJxj (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 04:53:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262075AbVCCJxi (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 04:53:38 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:37813 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261862AbVCCJvZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 04:51:25 -0500 Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering From: Arjan van de Ven To: "Barry K. Nathan" Cc: Jeff Garzik , "David S. Miller" , torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050303094240.GC9796@ip68-4-98-123.oc.oc.cox.net> References: <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> <20050302205826.523b9144.davem@davemloft.net> <4226C235.1070609@pobox.com> <20050303094240.GC9796@ip68-4-98-123.oc.oc.cox.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:51:13 +0100 Message-Id: <1109843474.6298.91.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 4.1 (++++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 2.63 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (4.1 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.3 RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO Received: contains a numeric HELO 1.1 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] 2.5 RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK RBL: Sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS RBL: SORBS: sender is listed in SORBS [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1483 Lines: 35 On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 01:42 -0800, Barry K. Nathan wrote: > On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 02:52:21AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > even/odd means that certain releases (even ones) are more magical than > > others. That's weird, since users aren't used to that sort of thing in > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > any other project. > > Actually, we are: > > Red Hat Linux 7.2: not magical > Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1: magical > Red Hat Linux 7.3: not magical > Red Hat Linux 8.0: not magical > Red Hat Linux 9: not magical > Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0: magical > Fedora Core 1: not magical > Fedora Core 2: not magical > Fedora Core 3: not magical > Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0: magical > Fedora Core 4: not magical > ... > > Sure, Red Hat changes the name as well as the version number whenever they > make a magical release, but it's really the same concept. it's actually not. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is magical in that you get actual support for it (in various degrees, depending on for what level you want to pay). That is what sets it appart, not the actual bits. - 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/