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

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1107171808440.32359@swampdragon.chaosbits.net>
Date:	Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:10:55 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Subject: Re: Should SUBLEVEL be removed for 3.x ?

On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net> wrote:
> >
> > Would be nice to get this clarified before 3.0 happens :-)
> 
> I don't think I can realistically make it call itself 3.0, even though
> the *tag* will certainly be just 3.0.
> 
> I considered making it a config option (so that people with fixed
> tools could do it), but ..
> 
Ok, so SUBLEVEL will stay. I guess that the stable kernels will then just 
use that and EXTRAVERSION will go away - right?


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