Hi all! I'd like to put a old but still valid discussion on the table again where a solution never was found: Pre-release kernel versioning. In short: Kernel like for example kernel-2.6.20-1.3066.fc7 are in reality 2.6.21-rc6-git5. That's not only confusing to users, it also breaks outside kernel modules sometimes; just yesterday I saw a patch in 3rd party repo applied that did this... +-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,21) ++#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,20) ...to make it compile against the kernel from FC4-test4 (no idea if it helped, but I had to apply similar patches in the past nyself to make somethign work), as the kernels in rawhide until they switched to 2.6.21-final announces itself as 2.6.20-1.3066.fc7 instead of 2.6.21-rc6-git5, as upstream would do. I don't want to get further into the details if I don't have to, as this stuff was discussed multiple times already on mailing lists. The last time was here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-March/msg00897.html So, what will we do in the future? Can we (after F7 is out and rawhide rolls again) please switch to something less confusing where version somehow allows normal users to clearly see what kernel they got? And one that doesn't confuse outside modules? Something like kernel-2.6.22-1.3200.fc7.rc2.git15 maybe? CU thl _______________________________________________ Fedora-kernel-list mailing list Fedora-kernel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kernel-list
