On 8/6/20 5:08 PM, Billy Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 04:46:13PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: >> On 8/6/20 4:17 PM, Billy Wilson wrote: >>> A table lists the 5.2 stable release date as September 15, but it was >>> released on July 7. This may confuse a reader who is trying to >>> understand the stable update release cycle. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Billy Wilson <billy_wilson@xxxxxxx> >>> --- >>> Documentation/process/2.Process.rst | 2 +- >>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst >>> index 3588f48841eb..4ae1e0f600c1 100644 >>> --- a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst >>> +++ b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst >>> @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ than one development cycle past their initial release. So, for example, the >>> 5.2 kernel's history looked like this (all dates in 2019): >>> >>> ============== =============================== >>> - September 15 5.2 stable release >>> + July 7 5.2 stable release >>> July 14 5.2.1 >>> July 21 5.2.2 >>> July 26 5.2.3 >> >> Hi, >> For clarification, what 5.2 kernel do you find that was released on >> July 7, 2019? IOW, what you consider the 5.2 stable release of that date? >> or where did you get that date? >> >> thanks. >> >> -- >> ~Randy >> > > I found the date of July 7 at https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.2 . I > just double checked that date against the git tag for v5.2 (commit > 0ecfebd2b524) and it looks like it matches. OK, that part makes sense (to me). > September 15, meanwhile, is the 5.3 stable release date. I mainly > noticed this because the table uses the 5.2 release dates to illustrate > the stable update release cycle. I was scratching my head for a few > minutes trying to figure out why 5.2 had a date of September 15 and > 5.2.1 had a date of July 14, until I realized it was a mistake. I had 2 questions. One was why not July 8 instead of July 7, but you answered that part satisfactorily (above). (July 8 is when the tarball and .sign files are dated.) The other question is do we call v5.2 stable? Or should we begin stable at v5.2.1? thanks. -- ~Randy
