On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 09:57 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > I've long since decided that there's no point to making "-pre". What's the > difference between a "-pre" and a daily -bk snapshot? Really?
-preX are milestones mainly for developers When -preX is converted to -rc1 then it defines feature freeze and the testing / polishing steps to the final release take place, with "serious bugfixes only" policy. I know you think the -rc polishing is boring, so why don't you give it to somebody else ? In fact the 2.6.x.y tree is a substitution for this. So the official 2.6.X release will be considered a real release candidate within no time. If this is your intention, then please state it loud and clearly and use generally known and understandable naming conventions for it. > So when I do a release, it _is_ an -rc. The fact that people have trouble > understanding this is not _my_ fault. If you are referring to rc == "ridiculous count", I agree that it is not your fault. Its not necessary to understand that. If you refer to rc == "release candidate", please start to act in a way which people _can_ actually understand without reading LKML and finding the proclamation mail, in which you declare that ridiculous count should now be considered as a release candidate. There is no way to change common practice by proclamation. tglx - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
