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  From: Glen Turner <glen.turner@aarnet.edu.au>
  To  : <LinuxSA@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:12:36 +0930

Re: RedHat using even and odd version numbers ...

Richard Sharpe wrote:
> 
>   >1. The Official version numbering system which RedHat Inc. implements
>   >(the same as the kernel) is known as "even/odd", with even minor numbers
>   >denote stable releases and odd - development releases. RH7.1 is not
>   >considered to be a stable release.
> 
> This sounds like absolute crap. I have never heard this with respect to
> RedHat.

I'd have to agree that it's crap.  Especially as RH7 is more
likely to be 'stable' than RH8, simply because fully enabling
Linux 2.4 features (devfs, iptables) will break some existing
configuration.

As the even/odd method is followed with the kernel I suspect
some person mistakenly believes that Red Hat == Linux.

Regards,
Glen

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