Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 28 Jul 1996 02:00:45 -0700 | From | Michael Driscoll <> | Subject | idea for numbering kernels |
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How about this:
An even ("stable") linux kernel is released, and called x.y.zb (ie 2.0.11b). If it has had no problems by the time x.y.z+1 has come out, the b is removed. If there were problems, the b is left on and z is incremented.
Of course, this might cause a lot of unnecessary traffic due to mirroring. Maybe keep the b's in kernel/v2.0b so that the mirroring of that directory can be avoided?
This would help in the release and distribution of the stable kernels, because the more problematic and obvious errors (and there have been a few of them in 2.0.x) would be eliminated before the non-developers got ahold of the kernels. In other words, it would recreate a bit of the "developer buffer" that we get in the odd-minored kernels and save the coders embarrassment when they screw up :-) Mike Driscoll <fenris@lightspeed.net>
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