Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:13:06 +1000 | From | Dave Airlie <> | Subject | Re: The naming wars continue... |
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> > The subject line of my announcement was > > Subject: Linux 2.6.9-rc4 - pls test (and no more patches) > > and the body was > > Ok, > trying to make ready for the real 2.6.9 in a week or so, so please give > this a beating, and if you have pending patches, please hold on to them > for a bit longer, until after the 2.6.9 release. It would be good to have > a 2.6.9 that doesn't need a dot-release immediately ;) > > The appended shortlog gives a pretty good idea of what has been going on. > Mostly small stuff, with some architecture updates and an ACPI update > thrown in for good measure. > > (plus the shortlog). > > Not exactly "hidden", was it?
To sum up, why don't you call everything before you reach this point -pre and then when you decide to write the mail and realise you want to say no more patches just check in patch calling it -rc ? you claim you don't know when to diffrentiate between -pre and -rc, (or maybe you don't care) well how do you decide to write the above e-mail? I think that would satisfy nearly everyone and I don't see what would be so different from your POV, but it is in the end up to you...
> So far, nobody has had a good reason. People are just complaining, because > this is an area where you can complain without actually having any real > hard technical input. It's "easy" to have an opinion. > So guys, look at the big picture. Is this really worth worrying over?
There has been a fair bit of bike shedding going on... so I think we should use some sort of timber and paint it red...
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