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DateWed, 10 Apr 2002 01:00:37 -0400
FromDavid Ford <>
SubjectRe: The latest -ac patch to the stable Linux kernels
Well, shortly put, the -ac tree is much more -pre than the -pre patches 
are.  Using -ac patches is jumping ahead of the -pre patches normally.

-d

Adam McKenna wrote:

>On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 07:37:03PM -0400, David Ford wrote:
>
>>Not at all.
>>
>>Alan's most recent patch is in line with the 2.4.19 series of patches, 
>>these are pre patches to the upcoming 2.4.19.
>>
>
>Right, but (as far as I know) 2.4.19-pre6 is not considered the "stable linux
>kernel", is it?  So how could 2.4.19-pre5-ac3 be the latest -ac patch to the
>stable linux kernel?  It's more like "the latest -ac patch to the latest
>prepatch for the stable linux kernel".
>
>What I'm really complaining about is that for people who don't like to use 
>-pre kernels (like me), finger@finger.kernel.org is useless for finding out 
>what the latest -ac patch is to a non-pre kernel.
>


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