On Tuesday 28 June 2005 22:25, luis jure wrote:
> re kernel 2.6.12, what's its current status? visiting www.kernel.org i
> found 2.6.12 (17-Jun-2005) and 2.6.12.1 (22-Jun-2005). i really don't get
> this 4 numbers thing in 2.6...

X.Y.Z are Linus's releases, and "unstable", somewhat akin to the old odd 
numbered Y series.
X.Y.Z.z are the "stable" releases, and should only contain bug and security 
fixes on top of Linus's release.

-- 
Mike Williams

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