On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 17:53:38 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > Please explain me about the Kernel 2.6.16.13 version from www.kernel.org > > Here I Know that 2 is a Major Number > 6 is a Minor Number > 16 is a Micro Number > > My Doubt is what does the number 13 Signifies There have been 13 updates to 2.6.16 after it has been released. The new way of doing things is that after a kernel is released, that a stable team supports it until the next kernel is released (I have seen talk of changing this to supporting old kernels for two releases new way of doing things is that after a kernel is released, that a stable team supports it until the next kernel is released. (I have seen talk of changing this to supporting old kernels for two releases.) Only bug fixes (especially security ones) are supposed to be made in the stable kernels. This system seems to be working much better than the old odd and even number system where the stable kernels were too old.
