From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 21:01:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 21:01:51 -0500 Received: from pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.19.3]:17162 "EHLO pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 21:01:50 -0500 Message-Id: <200301010210.h012ABG4014534@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl> To: Joshua Stewart cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Production vs development version numbers In-Reply-To: Message from Joshua Stewart of "Tue, 31 Dec 2002 20:58:29 CDT." <1041386309.16613.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 23:10:11 -0300 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Joshua Stewart said: [...] > If an even version is "stable", what types of differences are there > between different patch levels of an even version, for example 2.4.x and > 2.4.y. Are these bug fixes, performance boosters, or functionality > additions? Usually; but not always. Sometimes support for new hardware is added, and there have been cases on larger scale changes. > Also, when fixes are made to a stable version kernel, such as those > added to 2.4.19 to give us 2.4.20, do those fixes get incorporated into > the current development version as well? The two veersions usually diverge rather fast. Changes in the development version are sometimes backported to the stable version(s), sometimes fixes form the stable series find their way into the development series. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513