Re: [PATCH] README (resend) - Explain new 2.6.xx.x version number

From: Randy.Dunlap
Date: Wed Sep 15 2004 - 10:31:37 EST


On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:06:06 +0200 (CEST) Roman Zippel wrote:

| Hi,
|
| On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
|
| > > Seriously, without knowing about the pre-patches, what would you expect
| > > about the patch order if you found the patches 2.6.8, 2.6.8.1, 2.6.9?
| >
| > We have evidence that it's confusing to more than one person.
|
| The question is what is more confusing to most of the users?
| What are the expectation of the average user?

I have no idea. A decision was made and now there are some
attempts to document it. Are you trying to ask for the decision
to be reconsidered?

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~Randy
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