On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 14:21 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > It seems like a sensible approach, and it's not like the 2.4.x vs 2.5.x > kind of even/odd thing didn't _work_, the problems really were an issue of > too big granularity making it hard for user and developers alike. So I see > this as a tweak of the "let's drop the notion althogether for now" > decision, and just modify it to "even/odd is meaningful at all levels".
I like it, but what about important security fixes or mistakes like 2.6.8.1? In those situations, would you release that kernel under the next even number and skip the odd number? Or would you release the fix under an odd number and sorta throw off the "meaning"? I'm not trying to be a pain, I'm really not. josh - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
