Kernel 2.6.9 on FC3 ?

[TGS]

WOW - I always assumed the the kernel source revisions were in sync, plus
patches. so when I see 2.x.x I thought that was the kernel.org base with the
-x.x patches. 

on 10/14/2004 2:31 AM, Rodd Clarkson at rodd at clarkson.id.au wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 13:06 +0700, Philippe wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am still using FC2 but as I was updating K3b, I noticed on their
>> website that the kernel 2.6.9 was "fixing" or "patching" the problem
>> that non root users had when trying to burn a CD.
>> 
>> If this is true ;-), is there a chance that this kernel should be
>> included in FC3 final ?
> 
> Don't be fooled by the version number on the kernel
> 
> `rpm -q --changelog kernel-2.6.8-1.610` shows:
> 
> * Wed Oct 13 2004 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
> 
> - Rebase to 2.6.9-rc4-bk1
> <big snip>
> 
> So it would be safe to guess that most of 2.6.9 is already in the
> current kernel. ;-]
> 
> 
> Rodd