Re: Change of policy for future 2.2 driver submissions

Well, I got off linux-kernel while 2.0.3x was still current, and didn't return
until a few months ago.  Apparently the definitions have changed over the past
few years.

On another subject, is all this new "testXX-preYY" stuff over now that 2.4.0 is
out, and will we be going back to the standard x.y.z numbering scheme?  Or is
this another thing that's changed for good?  I really miss being able to apply
all the patches at once with linux/scripts/patchkernel.

Wayne

Alan Cox <[e-mail]> on 01/05/2001 11:15:36 AM

To:   Wayne Brown/Corporate/Altec@Altec
cc:   [e-mail] (Daniel Phillips),
      [e-mail] (Mark Hahn),
      [e-mail]

Subject:  Re: Change of policy for future 2.2 driver submissions

> In other words, there's no longer any such thing as a "stable" branch.  The
> whole point of having separate production and development branches was to have
> one in which each succeeding patch could be counted upon to be more reliable

By your personal definition of stable 2.0.3x is the current stable kernel.

Alan