| Date | Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:23:05 +1100 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering |
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Andrew Morton wrote:
> Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote: > >> IMO too confusing. >> > > 2.6.even: bugfixes only > 2.6.odd: bugfixes and features. > > That doesn't even confuse me! >
I actually second Matt's request; -RCs à la 2.4.
Then your above becomes: 2.6.x-rc: bugfixes only 2.6.x-pre: bugfixes and features
And then that doesn't confuse end users either.
Not to mention that if we adopt a strict release candidate release style (ie. last -rc is renamed to release), then you get to move some of the burden of testing to the end user. Hopefully that will encourage more people to test -rcs rather than "tricking" them into doing the testing.
And if we really make an effort to only do the first -rc with the expectation that it will be the *only* one, then that will be a pretty good incentive to test.
Nick
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