Kernel Release Numbering Redux

Courtesy KernelTrap - Kernel news  Tue, 07/15/2008 - 14:14

For many years, each Linux kernel release was assigned a series of three numbers, X.Y.Z, with an even Y indicating a "stable" release, and an odd Y indicating an "unstable" development release.

Z was incremented for each individual kernel release. The "stable" 1.0.0 Linux kernel was released in March of 1994.

New development was then continued in the "unstable" 1.1.z branch, until the "stable" 1.2.0 Linux kernel was release in March of 1995.

Major improvements in the kernel lead to...


 

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