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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:14:37 +0200
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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Subject: Re: New versioning scheme ? ( 2.6.8.1 )
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Hi!

> Can someone tell me why the ages old, established versioning scheme of
> x.y.z was "abolished" and x.y.z.w was introduced ?

No idea, I'd prefer for that kernel to be called 2.6.9. Anyway...

When 2.6.9 comes out, will it be relative to 2.6.8 or to 2.6.8.1?

								Pavel
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