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    SubjectRe: Linux v2.6.8 - Oops on NFSv3
    On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 12:20:08PM -0500, Matt Mackall wrote:
    > On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 04:05:56AM -0700, 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.
    >
    > We might avoid some of this (and communicate more to end users) by
    > using the 2.4 -pre and -rc nomenclature, where a release is made by
    > renaming an -rc kernel. As it stands, the current 2.6 "release
    > candidate" naming is a lie - there's no intent to make it a final
    > release.

    I agree. The renaming is done by hpa's "bless-as-final" script on master.kernel.org.
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