Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:36:42 +0100 | From | François Cami <> | Subject | Re: Kernel Releases |
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Dan Kegel wrote:
> 2.4.x should continue to use -preY. > There's no need for a -rcY as some have suggested. > All we need to do to avoid messes like the 2.4.15 debacle > is to insist that a 2.4.X-preY should not be > released as final 2.4.X until the pre's been out for a week, > and there should never be any changes introduced into a final > that didn't cook for a week as a pre.
I don't see the difference between a -rc that has cooked for a week, and a -pre that has cooked for a week, except that -rc sounds more like "this is *maybe* the next stable kernel", whereas -pre still sounds "beta".
That said, I think the week long delay is a *good* idea.
François
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