Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Jan 2002 09:53:43 +0100 (CET) | From | willy tarreau <> | Subject | Re: The plethora of kernel versions |
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> Often there is nothing in emails that idenfity what > versions the other is talking about.
even more true these days with 2.5. Sometimes, you can only rely on the poster to guess what version he's talking about. Eg: at least when I see Linus, Jens or Dave Jones, I assume it's about 2.5 before reading the mail.
> how about the various "versions" including something > that I can use to identify and toss those messages I > am not interested in.
That's what regular posters tend to do : "[PATCH-2.4]", "[BUG in 2.2.20]", or "[OT]"... The problem is more about newcomers who don't know about these posting rules.
> I'm primarily a 2.4 user, why do I care about all > this 2.5 discussion?
sometimes, a 2.5 bug/fix may also affect 2.4, and this is only told in the message body.
Willy
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