Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Past CREDITS files | From | Robert Love <> | Date | 03 Oct 2001 22:22:31 -0400 |
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On Wed, 2001-10-03 at 21:47, David Weinehall wrote: > > I would like to examine the CREDITS files of all/most kernels released over > > time. How could I get my hands on these? I want to study the accumulation > > of contributors over the years. This is part of my masters thesis project. > > > > BTW, when was the current twofold stable/devel numbering scheme started? > > I don't think this will be very rewarding, as a lot of very important > contributors aren't listed in this file (if I remember correctly, > Alexander Viro, the guru of VFS-design, is one example, all the people > behind my all-time favourite project, the Standford-checker, is another > example), hence this file is pretty useless.
Or MY favorite hacker, Ingo Molnar :)
Anyhow, the two-fold stable/devel system has been in effect since at least 1.0, when we had 1.1->1.2 (then 1.3->2.0, 2.1->2.2, etc.) Hopefully we can continue this tradition and have 2.5 start sometime!
Robert Love
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