kernel versioning

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, M.W. Chang wrote:
> > major# . minor# . release#
> > Major numbers change when there's enough of a change to the kernel to
> > warrant it.  The change from a.out to elf warranted a move major number
> > 1 to major number 2.
> > The minor number tells you if the release is stable or unstable
> > (development).  Even numbers (0 is even for our purposes) denote stable,
> > odd numbers denote unstable.
> > Release numbers are, well, release numbers.
> > That help?
>
> from www.kernel.org:
>
> The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is:  	2.6.3
> The latest 2.4 version of the Linux kernel is:  	2.4.25
>
> Why is there a differnce in the 2 setences?
> It used "latest stable" rather than "latest 2.6"?
> Are they the same?

yes.  2.6.x is the stable kernel branch.

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