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Since v3.0, Linux has treated the first _2_ numbers of it's version as something that is incremented sequentially (in the v2.6 era, the _3_rd number was used, p
by codys 6y ago
Since v3.0, Linux has treated the first _2_ numbers of it's version as something that is incremented sequentially (in the v2.6 era, the _3_rd number was used, prior to v2.6 there was a even/odd stable/unstable split)
For example, we have normal releases v4.19 then v4.20 then v5.0 then v5.1. There will never be a v4.21.
Stable releases use the third number. v4.14.81 is a stable release of v4.14.0.
So the v4.20-rc2 statement just dates the work:
$ git show v4.20-rc2
tag v4.20-rc2
Tagger: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Sun Nov 11 17:12:54 2018 -0600
- gpm 6y agoWoah, so they did this a year and a half ago despite releasing this year (note that the paper has a 2020 reference in it). Weird! I guess responsible disclosure timelines on this sort of work must really suck.
- 0xffff2 6y agoI don't know about computer security, but I've published peer reviewed research papers in other fields and a year and a half from data collection to publication doesn't seem unusual to me. If anything it's pretty fast.