[PLUG] Fwd: Linux Version envy?
Dale Snell
ddsnell at frontier.com
Mon Feb 20 18:28:14 UTC 2012
On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:15:58 -0800
Robert Miesen <robert.miesen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi PLUGers.
>
> I was doing some routine maintenance on my Debian box and I noticed
> that the Linux kernel is now up to version 3.2---and version 3.0 was
> released less than 6 months ago. Has there been a fundamental shift
> in the nomenclature of the kernel version numbers? 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?
The even/odd stable/development release numbering scheme went out
the window starting with the 2.6 series of kernels. Now,
development releases are marked "-rc<number>". Stable releases
have regular version numbers, without the "-rc" tag.
--Dale
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