linux-kernel - Re: Should SUBLEVEL be removed for 3.x ?

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Date:	Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:09:06 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Should SUBLEVEL be removed for 3.x ?

On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:07:13 +0200 (CEST) Jesper Juhl wrote:

> Hi
> 
> If the plan is that the new kernel is going to be 3.0 (3.x) and the 
> -stable kernels then get to tack on a third digit with EXTRAVERSION, then 
> it seems to me that the main Makefile should get rid of SUBLEVEL - or?
> 
> Or is the plan to ditch EXTRAVERSION for -stable kernels and have them use 
> SUBLEVEL instead?
> 
> There are a few scripts that need fixing if SUBLEVEL goes the way of the 
> Dodo, but I didn't want to start fixing those without a clear indication 
> of whether or not SUBLEVEL is going to/should die.
> 
> So what's going to happen to SUBLEVEL/EXTRAVERSION?

I cannot answer this, but I'd certainly like to see a clear answer
since I also have several scripts that need such attention.

---
~Randy
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