Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 01 May 2008 00:20:03 +0200 | From | Oliver Hartkopp <> | Subject | [RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase |
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Hi all,
i wonder about the Kernel naming convention in the merge phase before the -rc1 is officially tagged by Linus.
Won't it be more precisely to name the current snapshot 2.6.26-merge-git16 instead of 2.6.25-git16?
It is not that i would suggest to have a new git tag in this merge phase but only the Makefile should be changed at the beginning of this phase to identify the ongoing work for the 2.6.26:
------ diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index d3634cd..b8c85a4 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ VERSION = 2 PATCHLEVEL = 6 -SUBLEVEL = 25 -EXTRAVERSION = -NAME = Funky Weasel is Jiggy wit it +SUBLEVEL = 26 +EXTRAVERSION = -merge +NAME = unnamed
# *DOCUMENTATION* # To see a list of typical targets execute "make help" ------
Introducing the new '-merge' version _that_ early helps to avoid the version confusion in /lib/modules and also allows people to work with kernel version depended stuff in a very early phase.
Regards, Oliver
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