From: Linus Torvalds [email blocked]
To: Kernel Mailing List [email blocked]
Subject: The naming wars continue...
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:05:13 -0700 (PDT)
Ok,
Linux-2.6.10-rc1 is out there for your pleasure.
I thought long and hard about the name of this release (*), since one of
the main complaints about 2.6.9 was the apparently release naming scheme.
Should it be "-rc1"? Or "-pre1" to show it's not really considered release
quality yet? Or should I make like a rocket scientist, and count _down_
instead of up? Should I make names based on which day of the week the
release happened? Questions, questions..
And the fact is, I can't see the point. I'll just call it all "-rcX",
because I (very obviously) have no clue where the cut-over-point from
"pre" to "rc" is, or (even more painfully obviously) where it will become
the final next release.
So to not overtax my poor brain, I'll just call them all -rc releases, and
hope that developers see them as a sign that there's been stuff merged,
and we should start calming down and seeing to the merged patches being
stable soon enough..
So without any further ado, here's 2.6.10-rc1 in testing. A fair number of
patches that were waiting for 2.6.9 to be out are in here, ranging all
over the map: merges from -mm, network (and net driver) updates, SATA
stuff, bluetooth, SCSI, device models, janitorial, you name it.
Oh, and the _real_ name did actually change. It's not Zonked Quokka any
more, that's so yesterday. Today we're Woozy Numbat! Get your order in!
Linus
(*) In other words, I had a beer and watched TV. Mmm... Donuts.
