Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262964AbVCDTG0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 14:06:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262995AbVCDTAC (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 14:00:02 -0500 Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]:15040 "EHLO relais.videotron.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262984AbVCDS4C (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 13:56:02 -0500 Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 13:55:58 -0500 (EST) From: Nicolas Pitre Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering In-reply-to: X-X-Sender: nico@localhost.localdomain To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andrew Morton , Jens Axboe , tglx@linutronix.de, lkml Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT 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> <20050304012154.619948d7.akpm@osdl.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1267 Lines: 36 On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > 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. > > I've long since decided that there's no point to making "-pre". What's the > difference between a "-pre" and a daily -bk snapshot? Really? > > So when I do a release, it _is_ an -rc. The fact that people have trouble > understanding this is not _my_ fault. What is this whole thread all about then? It might still be worth a try, especially since so many people are convinced this is the way to go (your fault or not is not the point). Nicolas - 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/