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Hmm ... 

Wat had odd/even got to do with it?

In x.yz  version syntax

x is a major realease, y is a minor release and z is a bugfix... it's been
like that since I was knee high to a grasshooper... even Noah used it when
he was counting those animals.. sheesh!!

Chris

On Sat, 10 Jun 2000 01:08:14 +1000, Don Hansford wrote:

>Derek Fountain wrote:
>> 
>> I still can't figure out the SuSE policy on updating kernels
>> for their distro. Is it policy to produce a new kernel for
>> each update, or it that a carrot held in reserve to
>> encourage people to upgrade to the next SuSE release?
>> 
>> I never saw a 2.2.15 for SuSE-6.x, but 2.2.16 is a security
>> fix, and therefore a priority. Will a 2.2.16 be made
>> available?
>> 
>IIRC, anything ending in an odd number is a development version - even
>numbers are release-suitable.
>If you want to run with the development version, go ahead, but remember,
>they don't call it the "bleeding edge" for nothing!
>-- 
>
>Regards Don Hansford
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>"Microsoft democratised the computer market and served as a catalyst
>in making computers available to everybody. Later, however, they did 
>as many revolutionaries do -- they became dictators. History has 
>taught us the inevitable fate of dictators."
>
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to frown... why not join me!!!


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