Why kernel 2.4.0?

[gmoreno]

I had 2.2.18 isn't it more logical for the new kernel to be 2.3.0 or even 2.2.19?

[JAdrock]

Well apparently you haven't noticed all that much, but there is a 2.3.x series, and Alan Cox has 2.2.19pre* series going...

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/

check it out sometime after the masses have stopped downloading 2.4.0

[A_Lawn_GNOME]

Kernel versions: A.B.C

A = Major version, lots of new features, maybe even total rewrite of large sections
B = Minor version, lots of new features, API's, rewrites
C = Patch version, bug fixes

An odd minor version is a developmental unstable version. An even minor version is a stable version. Before 2.4 became 2.4 it was really 2.3.99, just imagine the 2.4.0testX as 2.3.99X .

Right now, the 2.5 tree is being started to get ready for the next stable kernel, 2.6

[Linuxman]

If you think about it, the odd/even designations make a ton of sense. It allows you to tell immediately whether you have a stable version or not. Very good idea.

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[klamath]

Right now, the 2.5 tree is being started to get ready for the next stable kernel, 2.6


Actually, no. The 2.5 tree will only be forked once 2.4 has been stabilized. I would guess it will happen around 2.4.7 or 2.4.8 or so. Right now all the kernel developers are busy fixing bugs in 2.4

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