Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Jun 1999 07:28:09 +1000 | From | CaT <> | Subject | Re: Linux versioning scheme |
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On Tue, Jun 22, 1999 at 02:28:49PM -0400, Ramana Juvvadi wrote: > > The current linux versioning scheme is very clever. It underscores > the point that a software project never really completes. It only > evolves. > > This strategy has served us very well in the past, but I do think > there is a need for a change. At present, the code evolves in > two branches -- development (odd number) and stable (even number). > I think we should at least split it into three branches -- > development, beta, and stable. > > Development --- kernel developers only ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Erk! I don't see why I should be stopped from breaking my box in the severest manner possible if I want to...
> Beta --- Adventorous users only > Stable -- No serious bug reported in the past x days
Anyhow, AFAIK there ARE 3 branches. the 3rd is kinda shourtlived though:
dev: oddnumbered pres beta: even pres, odds stable: evens
-- CaT (cat@zip.com.au) URL: http://zipper.zip.com.au/dev/null
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