Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 28 Nov 2001 13:54:06 +0100 | From | Per-Olof Pettersson <> | Subject | Re: Release Policy [was: Linux 2.4.16 ] |
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Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> Why not just disguard this sillyness of alphabetic characters in version > numbers... Just carry through the same structure used by major/minor: > Think this would be a superior naming-scheme. However there are 2 audiences for the naming-scheme: 1. The developers, hackers (good scheme) 2. Users, Those who compile the kernel (bad scheme)
The naming-scheme you propose would make most sence for the first category.. but for the second (and I speak for myself).. they would not know that a X.X.X.2.1 would be RC1. And one big part of changing the naming-scheme would be to get enough users to try out the proposed kernel to eliminate big bugs like in 2.4.15 and 2.4.11.
Perhaps it is a PR-issue?
Then of course there is the matter of freezing development in a RC.. but that can be done no matter what kind of naming-scheme you use.
Best regards Per-Olof Pettersson
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