[Openib-promoters] RE: [openib-general] Need for ONE OpenIB Release process that allmembers can agree to and that follows OpenIB Bylaws

[Roland Dreier]

    Bob> Also, lets not confuse release versioning with
    Bob> distribution. Projects like gcc do release versions, but end
    Bob> users typically get the code from the Linux
    Bob> distributors. OpenIB doing release versions will also make it
    Bob> easier for distros to pick up the code for distribution and
    Bob> be able to tell people what version it is, just like I can
    Bob> tell what version of gcc is on a particular RedHat or SUSE
    Bob> CD.

Yes, although SuSE gcc 4.0.2 may not exactly equal Red Hat gcc 4.0.2.
And this is important: distributors should be able to fix bugs and
even add features that they think their customers want.

 - R.