Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:31:09 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering |
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On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 12:37:05PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: >... > I used to do "-pre", a long time ago. Exactly because they were > synchronization points for developers. >... > So the point of -pre's are gone. Have people actually _looked_ at the -rc > releases? They are very much done when I reach the point and say "ok, > let's calm down". The first one is usually pretty big and often needs some > fixing, simply because the first one is _inevitably_ (and by design) the > one that gets the pent-up demand from the previous calming down period. > > But it's very much a call to "ok, guys, calm down now".
My impression about your releases is that -rc1 is a first snapshot, but there are still invasive changes until -rc3 or -rc4 when you _really_ say "only obvious bug fixes will be accepted".
It's _only about naming_:
Name the first one -pre1 instead of -rc1 and the snapshot you announce with "only obvious bug fixes will be accepted" -rc1.
It might not matter for you how it's called, but it does matter for other people and it doesn't cost you any extra effort.
> And if you aren't calming down, it's _your_ problem. Complaining about > naming of -pre vs -rc is pointless. >...
If I send a non-bugfix patch to Marcelo after 2.4.30-rc1 he'll say: "Thanks, queued for 2.4.31 ."
> Linus
cu Adrian
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