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

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Roland Dreier <rdreier at cisco.com>:
> Subject: Re: [Openib-promoters] RE: Need for ONE OpenIB Release process that allmembers can agree to and that follows OpenIB Bylaws
> 
>     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.

Right, and note how each distribution has its own versioning scheme.

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Michael S. Tsirkin
Staff Engineer, Mellanox Technologies