Re: Linux 2.6.9-rc1

[H. Peter Anvin]

Followup to:  <Pine.LNX.4.58.0408241221390.17766@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
By author:    Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> Hmm.. I have no strong preferences. There _is_ obviously a well-defined 
> ordering from x.y.z.1 -> x.y.z.2 (unlike the -rcX releases that don't have 
> any ordering wrt the bugfixes), so either interdiffs or whole new full 
> diffs are totally "logical". We just have to chose one way or the other, 
> and I don't actually much care.
> 
> Any reason for your preference? 
> 

I concur with this preference, and for this reason:

Right now I'm treating x.y.z.w as a strange form of -pre, -rc, or
-test kernels.

Dealing with the various forms of the kernel naming scheme would
become even more complex if point releases were handled differently.

	-hpa

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