Even Numbered Kernels

[Kam Leo]

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 14:58:33 -0800, Tim Alberts <talberts at msiscales.com> wrote:
> Simple, the even Kernels are production/stable while the odd kernels are
> test/development.
> 

That was the way until 2.6 was released.  You see a lot of
experimentation which in prior releases would have gone into 2.7.

> 
> On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 17:56 -0500, Steven Pasternak wrote:
> > How come the big popular kernels are even numbered minor releases? Kernel 2.0,
> > 2.2, 2.4, and 2.6 are the only ones used. Why don't (or didn't) distros ship
> > with 2.1, 2.3, and 2.5 kernels? I checked debian, redhat, suse, and mandrake
> > (with distrowatch.com) and all previous versions had the even kernels only.
> > Thanks!
> > -Steven
> >
>