Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:20:56 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.9-rc1 |
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Daniel Andersen wrote: > > Linus, is there a chance that > there will be a x.y.z.W release of an old kernel after the next x.y.Z.w > has been released and no longer is -rc? For example releasing a 2.6.8.2 > after 2.6.9 has been released and no longer is a 2.6.9-rcX.
I don't see the point of such a release, so I'd say "no". Once we have a stable kernel, we make updates to _that_ one, not older ones.
HOWEVER - there may well be exceptions to this brought on by distribution usage etc. For example, if some distribution ends up basing it's work on (say) 2.6.8.1, and we later find a bug, we might release a 2.6.8.2 even though we might have done a 2.6.9 or even 2.6.10 later - just as a way to support the existing users who take a long time to update.
I consider that a pretty remote possibility, though. It's a lot more likely that the distribution-maker itself just does it's own patch on top of whatever release he started off with.
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