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 +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
