kernel naming

ratler at lunar-linux.org ratler at lunar-linux.org
Mon Sep 20 05:46:23 UTC 2004


Seem like a good idea.

I would prefer linux-24, linux-26  with the needed -grsec -beta -stable 
etc.

/Stefan Wold


On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, nestu wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> On behalf of [specially] Moe and myself, I wanted to ask what you ppl think 
> about changing linux-* naming scheme. The point would be to easily 
> differenciate 2.4 K's from 2.6. We could keep the beta suffix for 2.6 and 
> call it linux-2.6-beta [or -26] and linux-2.4 [or -24], for example. Also, I 
> could add a linux-26-stable, that has been requested before too. Ideas, 
> complaints, additions... yes, no, otherwise?...
> BTW, I know that the package is called linux, but personally [and I highlight 
> *personally* ] I would prefer to call it "kernel", e.g., kernel-2.6, or 
> kernel-2.4 and so on. To be true, this is more a thought, not so much as a 
> proposal, as the above. Just brainstorming, I suppose ]:-)
> Thanks for listening,
> Jaime ;)
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