From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
To: "Roman Zippel" <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: "Daniel Andersen" <anddan@linux-user.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] README (resend) - Explain new 2.6.xx.x version number
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:40:21 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1109.4.5.49.23.1095216021.squirrel@www.osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0409150255590.981@scrub.home>
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Daniel Andersen wrote:
>
>> This one ended up in the void last time without any comments.
>
> The funny thing is by the time people managed to apply the patch
> correctly, they don't need to read the README anymore.
That's correct for this time. However, if they have other kernel
trees (in the future) with this patch applied, it can help.
> 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.
~Randy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-15 2:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-14 21:35 Daniel Andersen
2004-09-14 21:43 ` Dave Jones
2004-09-14 22:23 ` Daniel Andersen
2004-09-15 1:02 ` Roman Zippel
2004-09-15 2:25 ` Daniel Andersen
2004-09-15 2:40 ` Randy.Dunlap [this message]
2004-09-15 8:01 ` Denis Vlasenko
2004-09-15 11:06 ` Roman Zippel
2004-09-15 15:25 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-09-15 15:57 ` Roman Zippel
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