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Re: question about the kernel



	Hi.

On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 12:45:39PM +0000, davidson wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Aug 2018, Reco wrote:
> 
> > 	Hi.
> > 
> > On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 08:15:42AM +0100, mick crane wrote:
> > > Am I right in thinking that the kernel is a single codebase agreed between
> > > all the kernel developers at any particular date
> > 
> > No. As [1] shows us, there's a mainline branch (aka to-be-released
> > kernel), stable branch (aka released kernel) and longterm support
> > branches.
> 
> For the record, I looked for the referent of "[1]", but couldn't find
> any pointer in Reco's message or OP's.
> 
> So I made a wild guess and went to
> 
>  https://www.kernel.org/

I missed that link indeed. Thank you.


> There I saw the list of downloads on the front page:
> 
> | mainline:   4.18-rc8 | stable:     4.17.14 | longterm:   4.14.62 |
> longterm:   4.9.119 | longterm:   4.4.147 | longterm:   3.18.118 [EOL] |
> longterm:   3.16.57 | linux-next: next-20180809
> 
> I'm going update my CV now: "Accomplished mind reader"

:)

Reco


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