Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 14 Aug 2004 07:27:35 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Linux v2.6.8 - Oops on NFSv3 |
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On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 01:18:32PM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Sat, 2004-08-14 at 13:05, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > > > > Cane we make this 2.6.9 to avoid breaking all kinds of scripts expecting > > > three-digit kernel versions? > > > > Well, we've been discussing the 2.6.x.y format for a while, so I see this > > as an opportunity to actually do it... Will it break automated scripts? > > Maybe. But on the other hand, we'll never even find out unless we try it > > some time. > > well... I'll volunteer to keep a 2.6.X-postY series.. this fix could be > part of that. > > For me the -post series should be > * Only patches that are in later head kernels (maybe lightly touched to > resolve patch conflicts) > * Only patches that fix something critical/important > (where critical is of course a gray area but I'm sure a decent balance > will be found)
* Dutifully tagged in BK...
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