Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Jun 1999 23:00:47 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: Linux versioning scheme |
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On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> I knew it when I saw the first message that this was going to >become one of THOSE threads from hell that won't die, even if they don't >amount to a hill of beans... One of those religious type topics where >everyone has an opinion on...
Holy over-reaction batman. I don't see this getting to that point at all. It's pretty much cut and dried regardless. Nobody's opinion is going to make even the smallest 1/100000000 of an ounce of difference to Linus's existing release method anyways, so discussing it beyond the current level is moot.
> Ok... My contribution to the noise..
And insurance that such a thread does take place?
>> > Stable -- No serious bug reported in the past x days >> >> 2.2.z > > I vote for four levels! > > /4 - Production --- Comfortable woobie (security blanket) > /4+1 - Beta --- Adventerous and/or recently released from asylums > /4+2 - Development --- Bleeding edge masochists > /4+3 - Dearly Beloved We are Gathered Here --- Go for the gusto. > > Ok, ok... A joke already... Don't hit me! :-)
;o)
> Having helped with the 2.1.12x "flue" and the recent 2.2.8 fiasco, >I know the feeling of that last category... > > I think the current system has served us well enough that others >have been following the example. Whether one person or another thinks >it can be "improved", it still works.
Right, and it is highly unlikely to change.
> First law of engineering: If it ain't broke - DON'T FIX IT! > > It ain't broke, so don't fix it!
I agree completely.
>> You haven't said anything that can't allready be done IMHO. >> Perhaps you weren't aware of the 'pre' releases or where to get >> them. We also have the 'ac' patches, as well as 'arca' >> releases... > > I agree. Two branches with "pre", and "-ac", and "-az" et al... >patches seem to work incredibly well. Leave it alone!
Unless we get something like -ac+az+arca.gz... ;o)
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