Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261892AbVCCQCA (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 11:02:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261909AbVCCQCA (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 11:02:00 -0500 Received: from orb.pobox.com ([207.8.226.5]:31197 "EHLO orb.pobox.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261892AbVCCQBk (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 11:01:40 -0500 Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 08:01:37 -0800 From: "Barry K. Nathan" To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering Message-ID: <20050303160137.GD9796@ip68-4-98-123.oc.oc.cox.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1674 Lines: 40 On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 02:21:38PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > So the suggestion on the table would be to go back to even/odd, but do it > at the "micro-level" of single releases, rather than make it a two- or > three-year release cycle. [WARNING: At this point I have pulled an all-nighter, for reasons unrelated to Linux. I may not be making sense anymore. This will probably be my last post in this thread for today, or maybe even forever.] Is a 1:1 ratio necessarily the correct one? IOW, maybe alternatives like the following should be considered (S = stable, ES = extra-stable, EES = extra-extra-stable): | odd/even | ES every 5th | S, ES, EES, ... --------------------------------------------------- 2.6.11 | S | S | S 2.6.12 | ES | S | ES 2.6.13 | S | S | S (align for EES on divisible by 3) 2.6.14 | ES | S | ES 2.6.15 | S | ES | EES 2.6.16 | ES | S | S 2.6.17 | S | S | ES 2.6.18 | ES | S | EES 2.6.19 | S | S | S 2.6.20 | ES | ES | ES 2.6.21 | S | S | EES 2.6.22 | ES | S | S ... e.g. if odd/even causes too many long releases or other problems like that, then something like the middle column (every Nth release is extra-stable, for N >= 3) could be tried. -Barry K. Nathan - 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/