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    SubjectRe: RFD: Kernel release numbering
    Andrew Morton wrote:
    > Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
    >
    >>IMO too confusing.
    >>
    >
    >
    > 2.6.even: bugfixes only
    > 2.6.odd: bugfixes and features.
    >
    > That doesn't even confuse me!
    >
    >
    >>Developers right now are sitting on big piles, and pushing that back
    >>even further means every odd release means you are creating a
    >>2.4.x/2.5.x backport situation every two releases.
    >
    >
    > No, there is no backporting. If you have a bug, fix it in 2.6.12-pre.
    > There is no need to maintain that bugfix in your 2.6.13-candidate tree.

    You are missing where the backporting is.

    If the time between big merges increases, as with this proposal, then
    the distance between local dev trees and linux-2.6 increases.

    With that distance, breakages like the 64-bit resource struct stuff
    become more painful.

    I like my own "ongoing dev tree, ongoing stable tree" proposal a lot
    better. But then, I'm biased :)

    Jeff


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