On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 10:04:12PM +0800, cheng long wrote: > Hi, ALL > > I have seen three Linux kernel versions: git, rc, and mm. > What do they mean? What's the differences among those version ? > > THX. > > Regards, > Cheng > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > Hi, it's true that it's quit complex : there's a lot of subtrees. As you probably know, linux stable versions of Linux are the 2.6.x versions (thelast is 2.6.16). Between 2 stable versions, there is a developpement step, which prepares the next release. The -rc release are the "release candidate" : this means that these could be the next release. A lot of kernel developpers use a scm : git. The git release means that these releases are from git. Finally, the -mm tree is the tree of andrew morton. This tree influences a lot the developpement of the kernel. This tree is less stable than the 2.6 : some new features are tested in it. -- tyler tyler@xxxxxxxx ___________________________________________________________________________ Faites de Yahoo! votre page d'accueil sur le web pour retrouver directement vos services préférés : vérifiez vos nouveaux mails, lancez vos recherches et suivez l'actualité en temps réel. Rendez-vous sur http://fr.yahoo.com/set -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
