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From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
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Subject: Re: Past CREDITS files
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Juha Siltala wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to examine the CREDITS files of all/most kernels released over
> time. How could I get my hands on these? I want to study the accumulation
> of contributors over the years. This is part of my masters thesis project.

Grab all the patches from kernel.org and look for the diffs to the
CREDITS file.

> BTW, when was the current twofold stable/devel numbering scheme started?

With the 1.0/1.1 kernels.

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				Brian Gerst
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