linux-kernel - > There are actually more stable versions available but they are not advertised

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Date:	Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:42:13 +0700
From:	"Igor Podlesny" <for.poige+linux@...il.com>
To:	"Éric Piel" <eric.piel@...mplin-utc.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: > There are actually more stable versions available but they are not advertised

2008/12/29 Éric Piel <eric.piel@...mplin-utc.net>:
> Igor Podlesny schreef:
>> Actually that's either a mistake or I don't know what you guys call "a
>> stable version".
> [removing all the part which needs bug report numbers]
>
> I agree with you that the website is not very clear for someone not
> accustomed to the Linux kernel development. There are actually more
> stable versions available but they are not advertised. Maybe there
> should be more trees displayed, something like this:
> The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is:       2.6.28
> The previous stable version of the Linux kernel is:     2.6.27.10
> The latest longtime version of the Linux kernel is:     2.6.16.62

	Well, I'd call those versions stable if there were ongoing bugfixes
(if affected) backporting to it. Otherwise these are rather "outdated"
versions.

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