[PLUG] Fwd: Linux Version envy?

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 20 Feb 2012, Robert Miesen wrote:

> Previously, all even numbered minor releases were stable releases while
> all odd-numbered minor releases were development / bleeding-edge releases.
> But now a kernel version 3.1 is marked as being *stable* on
> http://www.kernel.org! If there has been a change in the version numbering
> scheme, could someone bring me up to speed on what the new version
> numbering scheme is?

   I read not long ago that Linus and the kernel development team did make 
changes, but I did not pay attention to the rationale. You can probably find
the explanation on kernel.org or with a Web search.

Rich