From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
To: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 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: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:25:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040915082501.1ce2cc18.rddunlap@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0409151303450.877@scrub.home>
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:06:06 +0200 (CEST) Roman Zippel wrote:
| Hi,
|
| On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
|
| > > 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.
|
| The question is what is more confusing to most of the users?
| What are the expectation of the average user?
I have no idea. A decision was made and now there are some
attempts to document it. Are you trying to ask for the decision
to be reconsidered?
--
~Randy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-15 15:29 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
2004-09-15 8:01 ` Denis Vlasenko
2004-09-15 11:06 ` Roman Zippel
2004-09-15 15:25 ` Randy.Dunlap [this message]
2004-09-15 15:57 ` Roman Zippel
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