Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:54:58 +0200 | From | Stefan Richter <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change |
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Alex Howells wrote: > What I'd love to see any changes integrate would be a simple way to spot > -stable releases in the version number (ie: 2.6.16, 2.6.27, those > maintained for a "long" time and hopefully by 2.6.16.50+ quite 'bug > free') versus the rest of releases sent out on a more regular basis.
Side note: Long-term maintained kernels like Adrian's 2.6.16.y or distro kernels of this sort -> are not 'quite bug free' <-. They are only -> quite regression free <-.
If you want bug fixes, you generally want new kernels. Only a fraction of the bug fixes in new kernels are backported to the long-term maintained stable kernels. OTOH, also only a fraction of the regressions in new kernels is backported to them. -- Stefan Richter -=====-==--- =-=- =-=-= http://arcgraph.de/sr/
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