Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Oct 2004 18:46:31 -0500 | From | Matt Mackall <> | Subject | Re: The naming wars continue... |
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On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 03:05:13PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > And the fact is, I can't see the point. I'll just call it all "-rcX", > because I (very obviously) have no clue where the cut-over-point from > "pre" to "rc" is, or (even more painfully obviously) where it will become > the final next release.
This should be easy: the cut-over should be when you're tempted to rename it 2.6.next. If you have no intention (or hope) of renaming 2.6.x-rc1 to 2.6.x, it is not a "release candidate" by definition.
What's the point? It serves as a signal that a) we're not accepting more big changes b) we think it's ready for primetime and needs serious QA c) when 2.6.next gets released, the _exact code_ has gone through a test cycle and we can have some confidence that there won't be any nasty 0-day bugs when we go to install 2.6.next on a production machine.
> (*) In other words, I had a beer and watched TV. Mmm... Donuts.
Please devote some more beer and TV to this problem after you release 2.6.10.
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