[ale] kernel numbering

[greg.freemyer at gmail.com (Greg Freemyer)]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:35:36 -0500, Sonali Parikh <sonali at vijedi.net> wrote:
>  From a previous story on /. :
> 
> " ...Linux creator Linus Torvalds decided against trying to add meaning
> to the odd/even least significant number. Instead, the new plan is to go
> from the current 2.6.x numbering to a finer-grained 2.6.x.y. Linus will
> continue to maintain only the 2.6.x releases, and the -rc releases in
> between. Others will add trivial patches to create the 2.6.x.y releases...."
> 
> Sonali
> 
So we can expect more of these point releases.  Very interesting and
possibly confusing.

For instance, kernel.org no longer has the changelogs for 2.6.11 and
2.6.11.1 on the front page.  I assume they can be found, but
apparently not as easily as before.

Greg