On Mon, 2013-05-13 at 21:36 -0500, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > Just a thought, but aren't odd numbered kernel minor numbers supposed to be > unstable and even numbered minors supposed to be stable? I think I > remember reading that somewhere.
That changed a few years ago. These days if it has a whole number it's "stable". Which means good enough for distros to start doing their own QA. Linus doesn't promise the same level of stability we used to see back in the late 2.4 days, but in practice quality is high enough for all but the paranoid. If you're paranoid but don't want to run a RHEL or Debian Stable kernel, there's also the "longterm" kernels as listed on kernel.org /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
