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Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Released. Oh wait, it's 2.6.8.1

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-fooled-you dept.

Gleng writes "The latest Linux Kernel, 2.6.8 has been released. The changelog is here. Don't download that though! A follow up to patch it to version 2.6.8.1 has been released, which fixes an NFS client bug in 2.6.8. The mini-changelog is here."

2 of 22 comments (clear)

  1. First kernel... by Ianoo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is this the first production kernel with a w.x.y.z numbering scheme instead of the more usual w.x.y? I can't help but wonder how many poorly written version checking Perl scripts this will break...

  2. Quote from Linus (Re:First kernel...) by blwrd · · Score: 5, Informative
    On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

    >>
    >> Cane we make this 2.6.9 to avoid breaking all kinds of scripts
    >> expecting
    >> three-digit kernel versions?

    Well, we've been discussing the 2.6.x.y format for a while, so I see
    this
    as an opportunity to actually do it... Will it break automated scripts?
    Maybe. But on the other hand, we'll never even find out unless we try it
    some time.

    Linus