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#1 2005-03-05 06:56:33
- cactus
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New linux kernel version numbering..
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#2 2005-03-05 09:45:37
- iphitus
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Re: New linux kernel version numbering..
its just an extra version number for fixes etc....
like 2.6.8.1 was.
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#3 2005-03-12 08:44:10
- Atriqus
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Re: New linux kernel version numbering..
But the 2.7 series will still be considered unstable, right?
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#4 2005-03-15 19:37:43
- InfernalH
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Re: New linux kernel version numbering..
right, let me explain:
now kernel goes like
2.x
when X is even number, kernel is stable, if odd number - unstable.
Simple
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#5 2005-03-15 19:43:49
- phrakture
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Re: New linux kernel version numbering..
InfernalH wrote:
right, let me explain:
now kernel goes like
2.x
when X is even number, kernel is stable, if odd number - unstable.
Simple
it's always been that way
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