[H-GEN] kernel version numbers

Robert Brockway robert at timetraveller.org
Wed Apr 2 03:50:31 EST 2003


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On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Robert Kearey wrote:

> > is the case what is the development or unstable version for the 2.0
> > Kernel?
>
> 1.3.x
>
> > or did this numbering system start after 2.0.
>
> Affirmative.

The numbering scheme actually started with 1.0.

Thus:

1.0 was production
1.1 was development
1.2 was production
1.3 was development

Then we went to 2.0 (after the annoyingly long 1.99 pre-releases :)

Rob

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