Messages in this thread |  | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.9-rc1 | | Date | Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:52:02 +0000 (UTC) |
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Followup to: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0408241221390.17766@ppc970.osdl.org> By author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Hmm.. I have no strong preferences. There _is_ obviously a well-defined > ordering from x.y.z.1 -> x.y.z.2 (unlike the -rcX releases that don't have > any ordering wrt the bugfixes), so either interdiffs or whole new full > diffs are totally "logical". We just have to chose one way or the other, > and I don't actually much care. > > Any reason for your preference? >
I concur with this preference, and for this reason:
Right now I'm treating x.y.z.w as a strange form of -pre, -rc, or -test kernels.
Dealing with the various forms of the kernel naming scheme would become even more complex if point releases were handled differently.
-hpa
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