linux-kernel - Re: [3.13.y.z extended stable] Linux 3.13.11.7 stable review

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Message-ID: <5418AA54.9010704@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:23:32 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>
CC:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>, kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [3.13.y.z extended stable] Linux 3.13.11.7 stable review

On 09/16/2014 11:13 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> By the "trailing digit", i.e. ".y", only.  It's just an aditional
> number, not a "vendor version mark", like most packaging systems all
> incorporate to show obviously that there is a difference from the
> "upstream" release here.
> 
>> I _want_ the consumer to be aware of where they have acquired their
>> kernel sources (as if the git URL is insufficient). Frankly, if the
>> version is an _enduring_ source of confusion, then perhaps the
>> consumer should seek other endeavors.
> 
> You are really trying to use the "if the user is so dumb to understand,
> they should just go away" argument here?  I value our users more than
> that, they are the only reason we will survive over time.  You will not
> succeed by going around calling them names.
> 

It is worth noting that we have a long-standing convention for these
sort of things.  It looks like x.y[.z]-XXn where XX is two or three
letters, e.g. 3.13.11-km7.

	-hpa


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