On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 23:25, Ian Blenke wrote:
> Logan Tygart wrote:
>
> >Hello Slugadonia,
> >
> >Does anyone know whats up with the new kernel naming scheme? The newest
> >"stable" version is 2.6.8.1 How does this work? Is this a replacement
> >for the -rc what-have-you? I must have missed something during the last
> >week. Kernel.org yields no useful answers.
> >
> >
> KernelTrap is your friend:
>
> http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3642
>
> Eventually KernelTraffic will pick this up as well:
>
> http://www.kerneltraffic.org/
>
> These are both great places to follow LKML without actually subscribing
> to that monster.
Ahhh, thanks!! My perplexity is resolved! You are right, the mailing
list is a huge monster, especially if you are just lurking. I typically
get my information about the newest kernel by reading the change log. I
forgot about kerneltrap!
I am amused by Linus trying out the new naming scheme to see if it would
break the scripts! I do things such as that all the time. ;-)
>
> Linus put out a quick NFS patch to 2.6.8. This is all following the
> previous 2.6 versioning discussion.
>
> Still, I'll agree, it did catch most everyone off guard.
Especially those of us focused on the hurricane last week. Thanks
again, Ian.
The Logan
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