Re: question about kernel extra version numbers

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2013/1/19 Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx>:
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 11:57:16 +0100,
>   Michał Piotrowski <mkkp4x4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> What is the meaning of the latest kernel extra version numbers?
>> 3.7.1-1
>> 3.7.2-203
>> 3.7.2-204
>> 3.7.3-201
>>
>> I don't see any order here.
>
>
> The hundreds series is speific to the fedora version. Currently f17 is 1xx
> and f18 is 2xx. The purpose is to keep f18 versions ahead of f17 versions so
> that updates will work better.
>
> Presumably as new kernels come out the base number will change to reflect
> the currently supported versions of Fedora. So that for the 3.9 kernel, f18
> will probably be 1xx and f19 2xx.

Thanks for enlightening :)

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