Re: funny way of numbering kernel versions

[alan <alan clueserver org>]

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Michal Jaegermann wrote:

> Is there some deeper significance in a version numbering for the
> current kernel from rawhide?  The previous one was 2.6.9-1.667 and
> the one which showed up recently, with a build date "Mon 15 Nov 2004
> 05:58:14 PM MST" is 2.6.9-1.650_devel.  Of course yum will not pick
> it up as already a "newer" one is quite likely installed; even if
> its build date is "Tue 02 Nov 2004 01:24:30 PM MST".  Even 'rpm' has
> to be gently persuaded before it will stoop to installing something
> so "older".
> 
> My guess is that this will quite likely limit an exposure of this
> kernel to testers.

It sounds like a problem that occured previously.  Two different 
developers with two different revision number schemes.

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