kernel versions again...

[Jeremy Katz]

On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 13:38 -0800, Jürgen Botz wrote:
> kernel-2.6.3-2.1.253.2.1.i586.rpm
> 
> 2.1.253.2.1??  I understand the first 2.1 stands for
> RHEL 2.1, right?  What about the second 2.1?

The release is based on the CVS revision of the spec file.  So it was
2.1.253 and then has been branched off for minor fixes since it froze
for test2 (we freeze the kernel a little in advance of other things so
that, eg, the installer doesn't have to hit a moving target)

Cheers,

Jeremy