question about kernel extra version numbers

[Michał Piotrowski]

Hi,

What is the meaning of the latest kernel extra version numbers?
3.7.1-1
3.7.2-203
3.7.2-204
3.7.3-201

I don't see any order here.

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[Bruno Wolff III]

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 11:57:16 +0100,
   Michał Piotrowski <mkkp4x4(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What is the meaning of the latest kernel extra version numbers?
> 3.7.1-1
> 3.7.2-203
> 3.7.2-204
> 3.7.3-201
>
> I don't see any order here. 
The hundreds series is speific to the fedora version. Currently f17 is 
1xx and f18 is 2xx. The purpose is to keep f18 versions ahead of f17 
versions so that updates will work better.

Presumably as new kernels come out the base number will change to reflect 
the currently supported versions of Fedora. So that for the 3.9 kernel, f18 
will probably be 1xx and f19 2xx.

[Rex Dieter]

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 11:57:16 +0100, Michał Piotrowski 
<mkkp4x4(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  What is the meaning of the latest kernel extra version numbers?
>  3.7.1-1
>  3.7.2-203
>  3.7.2-204
>  3.7.3-201
>
>  I don't see any order here. 
See
http://jforbes.livejournal.com/13546.html

Seems a way to simplify upgrade paths a bit (which is a very sane thing 
to do).

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[Michał Piotrowski]

2013/1/19 Bruno Wolff III <bruno(a)wolff.to&gt;:
>  On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 11:57:16 +0100,
>    Michał Piotrowski <mkkp4x4(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > What is the meaning of the latest kernel extra version numbers?
> > 3.7.1-1
> > 3.7.2-203
> > 3.7.2-204
> > 3.7.3-201
> >
> > I don't see any order here.
>
>
>  The hundreds series is speific to the fedora version. Currently f17 is 1xx
>  and f18 is 2xx. The purpose is to keep f18 versions ahead of f17 versions so
>  that updates will work better.
>
>  Presumably as new kernels come out the base number will change to reflect
>  the currently supported versions of Fedora. So that for the 3.9 kernel, f18
>  will probably be 1xx and f19 2xx. 
Thanks for enlightening :)

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