Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932479AbZJFRdk (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:33:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932242AbZJFRdk (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:33:40 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:49237 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932186AbZJFRdj (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:33:39 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 10:32:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds X-X-Sender: torvalds@localhost.localdomain To: Frans Pop cc: mingo@elte.hu, hohndel@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.32-rc3 In-Reply-To: <200910061923.00723.elendil@planet.nl> Message-ID: References: <1254797502.14122.146.camel@dhohndel-mobl.amr.corp.intel.com> <20091006144449.GA23078@elte.hu> <20091006153632.GA29795@elte.hu> <200910061923.00723.elendil@planet.nl> User-Agent: Alpine 2.01 (LFD 1184 2008-12-16) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 928 Lines: 28 On Tue, 6 Oct 2009, Frans Pop wrote: > > Doesn't this leave users of the git snapshot tarballs in the cold? You can save it in .scmversion if you want to, we've supported that as a "export versions outside of the SCM" way since introducing LOCALVERSION_AUTO. > The advantage of an -rc0 in the Makefile is that everybody gets it. Have you missed the whole discussion about why it doesn't work? Have you missed the point on why it is FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG to do? You also seem to be making up more and more ludicrous examples of things to do. Why the f*ck cares about somebody taking a random git tree, tarring it up, and then building it like that? I mean really. Linus -- 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/