Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 05 Nov 2001 22:03:21 +0100 | From | Stefan Smietanowski <> | Subject | Re: linux-2.2.20a and gcc 3.0 ? |
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Hi!
>>I know how it's done, it's just that in my eyes a stable release is the >>one where you know there's only 1 .... A 2.95.4 package built on >>different days (from CVS) will differ. A 2.95.4 package built on >>different ways from a .tar.gz marked as 'release' will not differ. >> >>For instance chasing a kernel bug is difficult when 1 person might use 1 >>version of a compiler and another uses a different version when both >>says 2.95.4, no matter how miniscule the difference. >> > > Since patches are being applied to the 2.95 branch at a rate of about > one a month, I think the date stamp in the version number should be > quite sufficient to avoid any problems along these lines.
If it's tested and rock stable, why isn't it released?
// Stefan
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