Re: Version numbering proposal (2.5.x.xx)

From: Olaf Titz (olaf@bigred.inka.de)
Date: Thu May 11 2000 - 07:01:36 EST


> It's certainly intended to be stable, but it's called "pre" if we're not
> quite convinced yet. This "pre" suffix just seems unnecessarily confusing.

And it makes KERNEL_VERSION ifdefs impossible when the changes happen
between two pre versions, like the conversion of name to an array in
struct net_device currently underway. This is the main reason why I
would like to abolish those suffixes altogether or make them strictly
numeric.

Olaf

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