At some point in the past, I wrote: >> The 2.6.8 release has been almost exclusively focused on stabilization. >> I highly recommend adopting as much of 2.6.8 as possible if not the >> whole delta between 2.6.7 and 2.6.8. If not incrementing the version >> number after freeze is the primary constraint, I'd literally recommend >> just marking the delta to reach virgin 2.6.8 as an add-on patch in the >> 2.6.7-deb repository while leaving the version number intact.
On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 08:38:23AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > I don't understand this, what would be the gain over doing real > 2.6.8 packages ? It would be a loss vs. shipping real 2.6.8 packages. The only use of such a technique would be to satisfy a constraint on version numbers. -- wli
