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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 11:43:38 -0800
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From: Jonathan Lundell <jlundell@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: Release Policy [was: Linux 2.4.16  ]
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At 8:28 PM +0100 11/26/01, Flavio Stanchina wrote:
>On Monday 26 November 2001 20:06, Jonathan Lundell wrote:
>
>>  >Agreed. I stick with the -rc naming convention for 2.4+...
>>  A quibble: "release" seems an odd word to choose for a Linux kernel.
>>  Since we're calling the target kernel "final", how about -fc1,
>>  -fc2...?
>
>Sounds a bit too much like the f-word.
>
>"rc" is the universally recognized name for such things (heck, even
>Microsoft) so I'd stick with it.

So in a choice between sex, love and Microsoft, we choose Microsoft?

I'm more used to -fc, myself; in fact I was unfamiliar with -rc. But 
if Microsoft uses -rc, by all means, let's follow suit. ;-)
-- 
/Jonathan Lundell.
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