Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261451AbVCKUtZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:49:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261545AbVCKUpd (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:45:33 -0500 Received: from zcars04f.nortelnetworks.com ([47.129.242.57]:14479 "EHLO zcars04f.nortelnetworks.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261604AbVCKUnL (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:43:11 -0500 Message-ID: <423202D2.8000207@nortel.com> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:42:58 -0600 X-Sybari-Space: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 From: Chris Friesen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040115 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Davidsen CC: "Justin M. Forbes" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.Stable and EXTRAVERSION References: <20050309185331.GB19306@linuxtx.org> <4231F7C8.7070806@tmr.com> In-Reply-To: <4231F7C8.7070806@tmr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1440 Lines: 33 Bill Davidsen wrote: > Justin M. Forbes 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. >> I would propose that the new stable series kernels move the .x version >> information somewhere more official. I certainly do not mind throwing >> together a patch to support DOTVERSION or what ever people want to >> call it. >> Is anyone opposed to such a change? > > > I think it will confuse scripts which expect something local in the 4th > field. I confess that I have such, and that field is turned into a > directory name during builds, so test results are saved in a proper > place. I think vendors and people who care will just keep three digits, > and those who want the last can make their EXTRAVERSION > 2.Joes_Bar_&_Grill_486 > or whatever is needed. There's also the LOCALVERSION that can be set in the config file. I've switched to using that, since it means one less kernel patch to port. Chris - 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/