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DateSun, 15 Aug 2004 00:23:11 -0700
From"Barry K. Nathan" <>
SubjectRe: New versioning scheme ? ( 2.6.8.1 )
On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 04:04:09AM +0200, xerces8 wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Can someone tell me why the ages old, established versioning scheme of
> x.y.z was "abolished" and x.y.z.w was introduced ?

Explanation in general:
http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3522
(you may want to search within that page for "2.6.20.1" to jump to the
meat of the explanation)

Explanation of why 2.6.8.1 and not 2.6.9 in this particular case:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/225784

-Barry K. Nathan <barryn@pobox.com>

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