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    SubjectRe: RFD: Kernel release numbering
    On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 09:04:43AM -0800, Eric Gaumer wrote:
    > Greg KH wrote:
    > >On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 08:23:39AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
    > >
    > >>So what's the problem with this approach? It would seem to make everybody
    > >>happy: it would reduce my load, it would give people the alternate "2.6.x
    > >>base kernel plus fixes only" parallell track, and it would _not_ have the
    > >>testability issue (because I think a lot of people would be happy to test
    > >>that tree, and if it was always based on the last 2.6.x release, there
    > >>would be no issues.
    > >>
    > >>Anybody?
    > >
    > >
    > >Well, I'm one person who has said that this would be a very tough
    > >problem to solve. And hey, I like tough problems, so I'll volunteer to
    > >start this. If I burn out, I'll take the responsibility of finding
    > >someone else to take it over.
    > >
    > >I really like the rules you've outlined, that makes it almost possible
    > >to achieve sanity.
    > >
    >
    > How does what Linus outlined differ from splitting to 2.7?

    - Each 2.6.x.y series would be abandanded after the next 2.6.x release
    came out.
    - There would be no big development fork.

    Those are two ways this differs.

    > All that aside... why not make the "sucker tree" a breeding ground for new
    > kernel hackers.

    Have you looked into the kernel-janitor project? That's the best
    "breeding" ground around for people who want to learn the kernel
    development process. I highly recommend that.

    I don't think this "stable/bugfix" release series would be a good place
    for new hackers, as most first bugfixes are of the janitorial type,
    which would not be accepted into such a release tree.

    thanks,

    greg k-h
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