Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262713AbVCDJ0E (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 04:26:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262668AbVCDJ0E (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 04:26:04 -0500 Received: from fire.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:31173 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262597AbVCDJWX (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 04:22:23 -0500 Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 01:21:54 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Jens Axboe Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering Message-Id: <20050304012154.619948d7.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20050304091612.GG14764@suse.de> References: <422751C1.7030607@pobox.com> <20050303181122.GB12103@kroah.com> <20050303151752.00527ae7.akpm@osdl.org> <20050303234523.GS8880@opteron.random> <20050303160330.5db86db7.akpm@osdl.org> <20050304025746.GD26085@tolot.miese-zwerge.org> <20050303213005.59a30ae6.akpm@osdl.org> <1109924470.4032.105.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> <20050304005450.05a2bd0c.akpm@osdl.org> <20050304091612.GG14764@suse.de> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.7 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 686 Lines: 18 Jens Axboe wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 04 2005, Andrew Morton wrote: > > The average user has learnt "rc1 == pre1". I don't expect that it > > matters much at all. > > The average user and lkml reader, perhaps. But I don't understand > why Linus refuses to use proper -preX/-rcX naming Me either. And because people just will insist on arbitrarily dinking with Cc: lines, he's not listening to us any more. There. Fixed. - 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/