[ale] kernel numbering

[James Sumners]

Basically, there is no sense in trying to keep up with the kernel
numbering any more. I am still running 2.6.7 on my machine because
there are not any remote exploits that I am aware of and I don't trust
the later kernels. It used to be that I could upgrade to the newest
kernels in the stable branch because they were just that -- stable.
Now, who knows which kernel is stable and which is the testing because
it is all in the same branch.


On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:35:36 -0500, Sonali Parikh <sonali at vijedi.net> wrote:
>  From a previous story on /. :
> 
> " ...Linux creator Linus Torvalds decided against trying to add meaning
> to the odd/even least significant number. Instead, the new plan is to go
> from the current 2.6.x numbering to a finer-grained 2.6.x.y. Linus will
> continue to maintain only the 2.6.x releases, and the -rc releases in
> between. Others will add trivial patches to create the 2.6.x.y releases...."
> 
> Sonali


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