Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262576AbVCDJox (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 04:44:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262584AbVCDJox (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 04:44:53 -0500 Received: from khc.piap.pl ([195.187.100.11]:58628 "EHLO khc.piap.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262576AbVCDJou (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 04:44:50 -0500 To: gene.heskett@verizon.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering References: <1109882043.4032.79.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> <42277C81.4010302@pobox.com> <200503031842.23937.gene.heskett@verizon.net> From: Krzysztof Halasa Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:43:00 +0100 In-Reply-To: <200503031842.23937.gene.heskett@verizon.net> (Gene Heskett's message of "Thu, 03 Mar 2005 18:42:23 -0500") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 781 Lines: 19 Gene Heskett writes: > I've seen this comment before too, and I still think it says it best: > > The full release s/b the last rc with NO changes other than its name. > > Now we are faced with a final that may have another 50k+ of patches > applied over what made the rc5. IMO, in the immediately past case, > that should not have been final, but an rc6. Not sure about it. I think last-rc -> final diff should be allowed to contain trivial patches, like those qualified for 2.6.x.y. -- Krzysztof Halasa - 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/