Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:57:38 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering |
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On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Mar 04 2005, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > The average user has learnt "rc1 == pre1". I don't expect that it > > > matters much at all. > > > > The average user and lkml reader, perhaps. But I don't understand > > why Linus refuses to use proper -preX/-rcX naming > > Me either. And because people just will insist on arbitrarily dinking with > Cc: lines, he's not listening to us any more.
I've long since decided that there's no point to making "-pre". What's the difference between a "-pre" and a daily -bk snapshot? Really?
So when I do a release, it _is_ an -rc. The fact that people have trouble understanding this is not _my_ fault.
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