Linux kernel development

Tino Keitel | 6 Aug 2012 08:48

www.kernel.org

Hi,

when looking at http://www.kernel.org/, kernel 3.4.7 is shown as the
latest stable kernel, and 3.6-rc1 as the latest mainline kernel. The
3.5 version is not mentioned. Why is the latest stable kernel something
older than 3.5?

Regards,
Tino

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Borislav Petkov | 6 Aug 2012 11:29

www.kernel.org

On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 08:48:56AM +0200, Tino Keitel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> when looking at http://www.kernel.org/, kernel 3.4.7 is shown as the
> latest stable kernel, and 3.6-rc1 as the latest mainline kernel. The
> 3.5 version is not mentioned. Why is the latest stable kernel something
> older than 3.5?

Someone already asked this. Let's cc one more party (although
webmaster <at> .. could be going to the same people ).

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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Konstantin Ryabitsev | 6 Aug 2012 18:31

www.kernel.org

On 05/08/12 11:48 PM, Tino Keitel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> when looking at http://www.kernel.org/, kernel 3.4.7 is shown as the
> latest stable kernel, and 3.6-rc1 as the latest mainline kernel. The
> 3.5 version is not mentioned. Why is the latest stable kernel something
> older than 3.5?

Hi, Tino:

That's due to the way our script currently figures out what needs to go
to the front page. If I understand the code correctly, since there are
no 3.5.x releases, the script goes straight to 3.6-rc and 3.5 doesn't
get mentioned. Let's call that a "feature" until we have a fix. :)

You can, of course, still get 3.5 from
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/

Best,
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Konstantin Ryabitsev
Systems Administrator
Linux Foundation, kernel.org
Montréal, Québec