Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 Oct 2004 01:49:09 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Why no linux-2.6.8.2? (was Re: new dev model) |
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On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 09:46:46PM -0700, alan wrote: > On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > > > Why has linux 2.6.8 been abandoned at version 2.6.8.1? > > > > There exist fixes that could go into 2.6.8.2: > > > > process start time doesn't match system time > > FDDI frame doesn't allow 802.3 hwtype > > NFS server using XFS filesystem on SMP machine oopses > > > > I'm sure there are more... > > > > So why is 2.6.8.1 a "dead branch?" > > It was an emergency "paperbag" release number. > > All paperbag releases are made from dead branches.
Thanks to BitKeeper no properly-tagged branch is ever dead.
Anyone could make a 2.6.8.2 if they so chose.
Jeff
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