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    SubjectRe: RFD: Kernel release numbering
    On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 09:57:38AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
    > I've long since decided that there's no point to making "-pre". What's
    > the difference between a "-pre" and a daily -bk snapshot? Really?
    >
    > So when I do a release, it _is_ an -rc. The fact that people have
    > trouble understanding this is not _my_ fault.

    My feeling is that there is too many numbers in the kernel version.
    I think 3 numbers are good enough to get people to try out (knowingly or
    not). So,
    2.6.{11,12,13,...} -- for testing (a.k.a. -rc, -pre)
    2.7 -- stable release
    2.7.{1,2,3,...} -- for testing
    2.8 -- another stable release
    ...
    2.125 -- when last IDE bug is fixed.
    3.0 -- stable release
    3.0.{1,2,3,...} -- for testing
    ...
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