Re: [RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase

[Oliver Hartkopp]

Romano Giannetti wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 11:06 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
>   
> > Most of the robots don't have access to git.
> >
> >     
> > > For me a 2.6.25-gitX looks like a snapshot that leads to a 2.6.25.1 and 
> > > _not_ to a 2.6.26-rc1.
> > >       
> > Tough.  It's a naming convention quite old (we had -bk before -git, too.)
> >     
>
> What about a -rc0 as the first commit after a release? Will help a lot
> automatic installing scripts...
>
>   

Yes - this was also my intention. I don't have any preferences if the 
first commit after a release is named -merge or -rc0. But it should 
point out that we're leaving the former stable release.

Regards,
Oliver

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