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From: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@...>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...>, <akpm@...>, Greg KH <greg@...>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...>
Subject: [RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase
Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 6:20 pm

Hi all,

i wonder about the Kernel naming convention in the merge phase before
the -rc1 is officially tagged by Linus.

Won't it be more precisely to name the current snapshot
2.6.26-merge-git16 instead of 2.6.25-git16?

It is not that i would suggest to have a new git tag in this merge phase 
but only the Makefile should be changed at the beginning of this phase 
to identify the ongoing work for the 2.6.26:

------
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d3634cd..b8c85a4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
VERSION = 2
PATCHLEVEL = 6
-SUBLEVEL = 25
-EXTRAVERSION =
-NAME = Funky Weasel is Jiggy wit it
+SUBLEVEL = 26
+EXTRAVERSION = -merge
+NAME = unnamed

# *DOCUMENTATION*
# To see a list of typical targets execute "make help"
------

Introducing the new '-merge' version _that_ early helps to avoid the 
version confusion in /lib/modules and also allows people to work with 
kernel version depended stuff in a very early phase.

Regards,
Oliver

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[RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase, Oliver Hartkopp, (Wed Apr 30, 6:20 pm)
Re: [RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase, H. Peter Anvin, (Wed Apr 30, 7:47 pm)
Re: [RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase, Pavel Machek, (Wed May 21, 7:16 am)
Re: [RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase, H. Peter Anvin, (Wed May 21, 12:02 pm)
Re: [RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase, Oliver Hartkopp, (Thu May 1, 5:08 am)
Re: [RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase, H. Peter Anvin, (Thu May 1, 2:06 pm)
Re: [RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase, Romano Giannetti, (Wed May 7, 8:39 am)
Re: [RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase, Oliver Hartkopp, (Mon May 12, 7:39 am)
Re: [RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase, Stefan Richter, (Mon May 12, 4:56 pm)
Re: [RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase, H. Peter Anvin, (Mon May 12, 11:33 am)
Re: [RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase, Oliver Hartkopp, (Mon May 12, 2:37 pm)
Re: [RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase, H. Peter Anvin, (Mon May 12, 3:36 pm)
Re: [RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase, Oliver Hartkopp, (Mon May 12, 3:48 pm)
Re: [RFC] Kernel naming convention in the merge phase, H. Peter Anvin, (Mon May 12, 4:13 pm)