linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.19 -mm merge plans

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Date:	Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:51:00 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.19 -mm merge plans

* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org> wrote:

> I think the "big merges in the first two weeks, and a -rc1 after, and 
> no new code after that" rule has been working because it brought 
> everybody in on the same page.

yeah. I dont really support the even/odd release thing because even the 
old 1.2/1.3/2.0/2.1/2.2/2.3/2.4 scheme _always_ confused non-insiders. 
Sometimes i saw it confuse people who already understood the GPL ;-) 
Furthermore it would just dillute our version numbers to encode some 
information that "-rc1" indicates just as well. Insiders know perfectly 
well that when -rc1 is released the merge window is closed. And what 
causes -rc elongation is usually not the lack of communication towards 
users or lack of testing but the lack of fixing power ...

	Ingo
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