Re: Linux v2.6.8 - Oops on NFSv3

[Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>]

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On Sat, 2004-08-14 at 13:05, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > 
> > Cane we make this 2.6.9 to avoid breaking all kinds of scripts expecting
> > three-digit kernel versions?
> 
> Well, we've been discussing the 2.6.x.y format for a while, so I see this 
> as an opportunity to actually do it... Will it break automated scripts? 
> Maybe. But on the other hand, we'll never even find out unless we try it 
> some time.

well... I'll volunteer to keep a 2.6.X-postY series.. this fix could be
part of that.

For me the -post series should be
* Only patches that are in later head kernels (maybe lightly touched to
resolve patch conflicts)
* Only patches that fix something critical/important
  (where critical is of course a gray area but I'm sure a decent balance
will be found)



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