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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 20:36:27 +0100
From: David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Release Policy [was: Linux 2.4.16  ]
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0111261524560.13976-100000@freak.distro.conectiva>; from marcelo@conectiva.com.br on Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 03:25:24PM -0200
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On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 03:25:24PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> > David Weinehall wrote:
> > 
> > >>
> > >>Oh, and yes, if you settle on a naming scheme, *please* let me know
> > >>ahead of time so I can update the scripts to track it, rather than
> > >>finding out by having hundreds of complaints in my mailbox...
> > >>
> > > 
> > > I for one used the -pre and -pre-final naming for the v2.0.39-series,
> > > and I'll probably use the same naming for the final pre-patch of
> > > v2.0.40, _unless_ there's some sort of agreement on another naming 
> > > scheme. I'd be perfectly content with using the -rc naming for the
> > > final instead. The important thing is not the naming itself, but
> > > consistency between the different kernel-trees.
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > Consistency is a Very Good Thing[TM] (says the one who tries to teach
> > scripts to understand the naming.)  The advantage with the -rc naming is
> > that it avoids the -pre5, -pre6, -pre-final, -pre-final-really,
> > -pre-final-really-i-mean-it-this-time phenomenon when the release
> > candidate wasn't quite worthy, you just go -rc1, -rc2, -rc3.  There is no
> > shame in needing more than one release candidate.
> 
> Agreed. I stick with the -rc naming convention for 2.4+... 

Ok, then I'll do likewise.

Linus, Alan?


Regards: David Weinehall
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