Kernel Naming Convention:

[Luke Yelavich]

On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 11:48:51PM EST, Dawes, Stephen wrote:
> Can anyone explain the kernel naming convention that kernel.org uses?
> Additionally, the naming convention that Bill uses on the kernel rpms
> that he creates.
> 
> For Example,
> 2.6.8-rc3-bk1
> 
> I know what the first part is, 2.6.8, but what does the rest mean?

The rc3 means release candidate 3, and bk1 means that it is the first snapshot
from the kernel bitkeeper tree. Bitkeeper is used to manage the kernel source
for developers, as far as I know, and periodical snapshots are taken and
made available on the site.

Luke