On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Russell Hires wrote:
> This is something I've commented on before, but I thought I'd say it
> again: What's up with the numbering system of Linux? Didn't it used to
> be <major-kernel-version>.odd.xx to show experimental kernels? I don't
> understand how the versioning has changed from 2.0.xx/(2.1.xx) to
> 2.2.xx/(2.3.xx) to 2.4.prexx/(no 2.5.xx) On the surface at least, it
> seems that something has gone awry in kernel development when the "way
> we keep track of things" has changed in this way. It seems that the
> 2.4.xx kernels are still experimental, especially when it comes to
> this VM thing.
Everything is as it was before. The VM change seems a little unusual to
some people, but if that's your only reason to question the versioning
scheme you need to get over it...and quickly.
Paul Braman
aeon@tampabay.rr.com
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