On 09/16/2014 11:13 AM, Greg KH wrote: > > By the "trailing digit", i.e. ".y", only. It's just an aditional > number, not a "vendor version mark", like most packaging systems all > incorporate to show obviously that there is a difference from the > "upstream" release here. > >> I _want_ the consumer to be aware of where they have acquired their >> kernel sources (as if the git URL is insufficient). Frankly, if the >> version is an _enduring_ source of confusion, then perhaps the >> consumer should seek other endeavors. > > You are really trying to use the "if the user is so dumb to understand, > they should just go away" argument here? I value our users more than > that, they are the only reason we will survive over time. You will not > succeed by going around calling them names. > It is worth noting that we have a long-standing convention for these sort of things. It looks like x.y[.z]-XXn where XX is two or three letters, e.g. 3.13.11-km7. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html