Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 18:03:36 +0100
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
To: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>,
       Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
       akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering
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On Thu, Mar 03 2005, Chris Wright wrote:
> >  - Finally: this tree never has any history past the "last release". When
> >    a new kernel comes, the tree is frozen, and never to be touched again.
> 
> I like this definition.  The only remaining question is what determines
> a 2.6.x.y release?  One patch?  Sure if it's critical enough.  

Why should there be one? One of the things I like about this concept is
that it's just a moving tree. There could be daily snapshots like the
-bkX "releases" of Linus's tree, if there are changes from the day
before. It means (hopefully) that no one will "wait for x.y.z.2 because
that is really stable".

-- 
Jens Axboe

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