Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751592AbWIUVde (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:33:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751591AbWIUVde (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:33:34 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:48039 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751589AbWIUVdd (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:33:33 -0400 Message-ID: <45130527.1000302@garzik.org> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:33:27 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060913) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Davidsen CC: Linus Torvalds , Alan Cox , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: 2.6.19 -mm merge plans References: <20060920135438.d7dd362b.akpm@osdl.org> <45121382.1090403@garzik.org> <20060920220744.0427539d.akpm@osdl.org> <1158830206.11109.84.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060921105959.a55efb5f.akpm@osdl.org> <45130533.2010209@tmr.com> In-Reply-To: <45130533.2010209@tmr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.3 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 772 Lines: 19 Bill Davidsen wrote: > I think it would help if you went back to using meaningful names for > releases, because 2.6.19-test1 is pretty clearly a test release even to > people who can't figure out if a number is odd or even. Then after > people stop reporting show stoppers, change to rc numbers, where rc > versions are actually candidates for release without known major bugs. Actually, considering our group of developers, I think "-rc" has been remarkably successful at staying on the "bug fixes only" theme. Jeff - 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/