From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263848AbTK2RFS (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Nov 2003 12:05:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263849AbTK2RFS (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Nov 2003 12:05:18 -0500 Received: from h192n2fls310o1003.telia.com ([81.224.187.192]:15744 "EHLO cambrant.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263848AbTK2RFH (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Nov 2003 12:05:07 -0500 Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 19:03:30 +0100 From: Tim Cambrant To: Larry McVoy Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Too soon for stable release? Message-ID: <20031129180330.GB4592@cambrant.com> References: <20031129174916.GA4592@cambrant.com> <20031129170104.GA15333@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031129170104.GA15333@work.bitmover.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 09:01:04AM -0800, Larry McVoy wrote: > The "stable" series of the kernel is never really stable for a while. > A better way to think of it is as "that place where things become stable > by refusing to take any new changes except bug fixes". Oh, that explains things then. Since I've only been using stable kernels, I've got no experience with how the kernel releases really work, and in what order the versions arrive. Thanks for clearing that up for me. -- Tim Cambrant GPG KeyID 0x59518702 Fingerprint: 14FE 03AE C2D1 072A 87D0 BC4D FA9E 02D8 5951 8702