[PATCH] Clarify -rc definition in Documentation/feature-list-2.6.txt

[Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com>]

Gentlehackers,

The day to clarify the real definition of "-rc" is finally here.

Steven

--- linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm4/Documentation/feature-list-2.6.txt.orig        2005-04-01 07:56:23.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm4/Documentation/feature-list-2.6.txt     2005-04-01 07:59:21.000000000 -0700
@@ -23,16 +23,21 @@
 Applying patches.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 - In 2.4 and previous kernels, the recommended way to apply patches was
   to use a command line such as ...
   gzip -cd patchXX.gz | patch -p0
   In 2.6, Linus started adding an extra path element to the diffs,
   so using -p1 in the untarred 'to be patched' directory is necessary.

+Release Candidates
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+- In 2.4 and previous kernels, -rc meant "release candidate".
+  In 2.6, -rc means "really churning", so even more testing is desired.
+
 Known gotchas.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Certain known bugs are being reported over and over. Here are the
 workarounds.
 - Blank screen after decompressing kernel?
   Make sure your .config has
    CONFIG_INPUT=y
    CONFIG_VT=y
-
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