Quoting r. Roland Dreier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: Re: [Openib-promoters] RE: Need for ONE OpenIB Release process that > allmembers can agree to and that follows OpenIB Bylaws > > Bob> Also, lets not confuse release versioning with > Bob> distribution. Projects like gcc do release versions, but end > Bob> users typically get the code from the Linux > Bob> distributors. OpenIB doing release versions will also make it > Bob> easier for distros to pick up the code for distribution and > Bob> be able to tell people what version it is, just like I can > Bob> tell what version of gcc is on a particular RedHat or SUSE > Bob> CD. > > Yes, although SuSE gcc 4.0.2 may not exactly equal Red Hat gcc 4.0.2. > And this is important: distributors should be able to fix bugs and > even add features that they think their customers want.
Right, and note how each distribution has its own versioning scheme. -- Michael S. Tsirkin Staff Engineer, Mellanox Technologies _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
