From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30882 invoked from network); 26 Aug 2004 06:32:10 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 26 Aug 2004 06:32:10 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C0Dnt-0002Ic-Qb for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 06:32:09 +0000 Received: (qmail 10191 invoked by uid 89); 26 Aug 2004 06:32:09 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 26241 invoked from network); 26 Aug 2004 06:32:09 +0000 Message-ID: <412D83E4.9050900@techmonkeys.org> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 02:32:04 -0400 From: Will Buckner User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20040824) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <412CD487.5040705@gentoo.org> <20040825182258.GC30125@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.60 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on techmonkeys.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] devleopment sources are no longer 'development' - example X-Archives-Salt: e04cd15f-4ef6-48ef-94a0-b55ebdf5e9bc X-Archives-Hash: b488bc777ab655d721f5480d74df3646 on 08/25/04 14:34 Ioannis Aslanidis said the following: > Let me suggest the following: > > rename all kernels to have their version concatenated, that is: > > gentoo-sources24 > gentoo-sources26 > > Instead of having no numbering, do the opposite, have them all > numbered. This way there will be no more problems with kernel > versioning again. > This is what makes sense to me. What happens when 2.7 comes around? 2.4 and 2.6 are both stable kernels. Whether or not version numbers are used though, *SOMETHING* has to be done. The 2.6 kernel is the latest stable kernel, and there's nothing "development" about it. This is just confusing for users, Wcc -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list