Re: kernel's
On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Rick Jones wrote:
> I've been busy building a network for the past few months so help me out
> with this one.
>
> I know that the kernel versions have always been numbered even if they are
> stable and odd if they are not considered a stable version. Normally a
> kernel would remain in an odd version number until it is patched and stable,
> then is released with the next even number.
>
> This would mean that 2.0.36 is actually 2.0.35 with any instability fixed
> and renumbered.
Almost: 2.0.* is stable, 2.1.* is unstable. 2.1.* is currently frozen and
will soon become 2.2.0 (some are thinking christmas time release).
Brandon
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