Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 May 2008 21:48:16 +0200 | From | Oliver Hartkopp <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase |
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H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Oliver Hartkopp wrote: >> H. Peter Anvin wrote: >>> Oliver Hartkopp wrote: >>>> >>>> Yes - this was also my intention. I don't have any preferences if >>>> the first commit after a release is named -merge or -rc0. But it >>>> should point out that we're leaving the former stable release. >>>> >>> >>> Either way it'll take a bunch of work. >> >> Can you give any details? >> >> Why does tagging a -rc0 create any effort for anyone - except half a >> minute for Linus? >> > > Because it breaks all the robots which rely on the kernel naming scheme. >
This is no real detail. How can -rc0 break a naming scheme for a robot, when -rc1 doesn't?
Btw. you don't seem to have any interest in my suggestion and obviously Linus, Greg and Andrew also do not have any interest in something like a -rc0. So i won't create any new noise about that topic from my side.
Thanks anyway, Oliver
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