Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262433AbVCDFDV (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 00:03:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262435AbVCDFDO (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 00:03:14 -0500 Received: from nabe.tequila.jp ([211.14.136.221]:40870 "HELO nabe.tequila.jp") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262433AbVCDEg0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 23:36:26 -0500 Message-ID: <4227E5B9.1090303@tequila.co.jp> Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 13:36:09 +0900 From: Clemens Schwaighofer Organization: TEQUILA\Japan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041220 Thunderbird/1.0 Mnenhy/0.6.0.104 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds CC: Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1794 Lines: 44 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/03/2005 07:21 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Comments? before you do this, we have to make -rc's real rc's. Seriously how can it be that there is a diff between the last rc and the "vanilla" release. Thats a no-goer in my opinion. Even if it is small things, there is a chance that it breaks. If there patches that have to be applied, because they are bugfixes, then make another rc before going live. And odd/even sub number won't help here anyway. People who get the kernel won't know it, there will be confusion, etc. I would stick with the current scheme, I see no big advantage in a special odd/even numbering. If there is a bugfix release, call it X.Y.Z.1 like for 2.6.8, rest of the bugfixing can be found in -ac/-as patchsets anyway. The time of using vanilla kernels is long over. Nowadays its more like, something, where you wait that a vendor gives you a kernel, or else you will shot your own foot off ... - -- [ Clemens Schwaighofer -----=====:::::~ ] [ TBWA\ && TEQUILA\ Japan IT Group ] [ 6-17-2 Ginza Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061, JAPAN ] [ Tel: +81-(0)3-3545-7703 Fax: +81-(0)3-3545-7343 ] [ http://www.tequila.co.jp http://www.tbwajapan.co.jp ] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCJ+W4jBz/yQjBxz8RAgnoAKCKGVcIujulCLyk8p3ole80RhhcOwCgyHSM tD2sZv+sCz7oG5MfokKh05c= =lnqT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - 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/