Re: The naming wars continue...

From: Erik Hensema (erik_at_hensema.net)
Date: 10/23/04

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    Linus Torvalds (torvalds@osdl.org) wrote:
    > Linux-2.6.10-rc1 is out there for your pleasure.
    >
    > I thought long and hard about the name of this release (*), since one of
    > the main complaints about 2.6.9 was the apparently release naming scheme.
    >
    > Should it be "-rc1"? Or "-pre1" to show it's not really considered release
    > quality yet? Or should I make like a rocket scientist, and count _down_
    > instead of up? Should I make names based on which day of the week the
    > release happened? Questions, questions..
    >
    > And the fact is, I can't see the point. I'll just call it all "-rcX",
    > because I (very obviously) have no clue where the cut-over-point from
    > "pre" to "rc" is, or (even more painfully obviously) where it will become
    > the final next release.

    When you (Linus) think a release is ready to be released, call it
    -rc1. If you did your job correctly, you can just sit and wait
    for a few days and release the -rc1 as a new kernel.
    In the real world though, some bugs may crop up, so you'd be
    forced to release a rc2. Which in turn may be released unchanged
    as the final kernel.

    Releases prior to a release candidate can be called whatever you
    like. I'd choose -preX ;-) 

    -- 
Erik Hensema <erik@hensema.net>
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