Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262400AbVCJADd (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2005 19:03:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262065AbVCJACU (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2005 19:02:20 -0500 Received: from fire.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:6059 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262402AbVCJABR (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2005 19:01:17 -0500 Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 16:01:10 -0800 From: Chris Wright To: "Justin M. Forbes" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.Stable and EXTRAVERSION Message-ID: <20050310000110.GM5389@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> References: <20050309185331.GB19306@linuxtx.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050309185331.GB19306@linuxtx.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 779 Lines: 19 * Justin M. Forbes (jmforbes@linuxtx.org) wrote: > With the new stable series kernels, the .x versioning is being added to > EXTRAVERSION. This has traditionally been a space for local modification. > I know several distributions are using EXTRAVERSION for build numbers, > platform and assorted other information to differentiate their kernel > releases. Well, it is the same scheme Linus used with 2.6.8.1...Is it posing a real issue? thanks, -chris -- Linux Security Modules http://lsm.immunix.org http://lsm.bkbits.net - 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/