On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Michael Rothwell wrote:
> > Perhaps the real problem isn't the "feature freeze" but the numbering --
> > maybe we should still be in the "2.3.xxx" pre-nothing stage currently. Or
> > the FAQ needs to be updated.
>
> Indeed, now that LINUX_VERSION_CODE has the value 0x20400 for all
> kernels over the last few months, it's impossible to write modules that
> will compile on all of them :-(
I'm still wondering if it was good to have 2.3.99-pre and
2.4.0-test-pre-whatever-other-tag since that gives a nasty and
difficult-to-handle version numbering. I would have preferred if Linux
had stuck to 2.3.1xx until the final 2.4.0 series, while it's not my
decisision, this versioning scheme is a horrible mess.
OTOH, I understand that pre-test series are bugfix series, so APIs
should not change, however the test-* mapping admittedly flattens that
VERSION_CODE.
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