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    SubjectRe: RFD: Kernel release numbering
    Hi!

    > > The fact that not a script, but Linus Torvalds, decides that the tree is
    > > in a state he likes to share with others. You have been doing -pre's all
    > > this time, it's just that you are calling them -rc's.
    >
    > No.
    >
    > I used to do "-pre", a long time ago. Exactly because they were
    > synchronization points for developers.
    >
    > These days, that's pointless. We keep the tree in pretty good working
    > order (certainly as good as my -pre's ever were) constantly, and
    > developers who need to can synchronize with either the BK tree or the
    > nightly snapshots. The fact is, 99% of the developers don't even need to

    Actually, sync to -pre is easier than sync to -bk snapshot:
    * you get incremental patches from kernel.org
    * there's reasonable number of pre-s so that you can be up-to-date without
    syncing each day

    Pavel
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