Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262419AbVCCUij (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:38:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262177AbVCCUe7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:34:59 -0500 Received: from 213-239-205-147.clients.your-server.de ([213.239.205.147]:58026 "EHLO mail.tglx.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262453AbVCCUeP (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:34:15 -0500 Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering From: Thomas Gleixner Reply-To: tglx@linutronix.de To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Linus Torvalds , Adrian Bunk , Greg KH , "David S. Miller" , Andrew Morton , LKML In-Reply-To: <42276AF5.3080603@pobox.com> References: <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> <20050303080459.GA29235@kroah.com> <4226CA7E.4090905@pobox.com> <20050303170808.GG4608@stusta.de> <1109877336.4032.47.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> <42276AF5.3080603@pobox.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 21:34:03 +0100 Message-Id: <1109882043.4032.79.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 (2.0.3-2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1245 Lines: 36 On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 14:52 -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > I disagree it's unsolvable: > > 1) At some point in the -rc cycle, you put your foot down and say > "nothing but bugfixes." Release candidates are supposed to be bugfix only from -rc1. Everything else can only be called the "ridiculous count". > That's all the 2.4.x's -pre/-rc accomplishes. It encourages people to > test, by telling them when their testing would be most useful. Correct, but again 2.4 is a different beast as no active development is taking place. In a active development you should move the -rc step out of the development line into a seperate release line after the -preX steps. It has two advantages: 1. The release process is encapsulated and secure against non bugfix merges. This can be "sold" to users for testing. 2. The development cycle is more continous. While -rc1 is led to release 2.6.X the preparations for 2.6.X+1-pre1 are moving on. This might shorten the overall release cycles as well. tglx - 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/