5.1.2. The Linux versioning scheme
- A.B.C (e.g. 2.4.23):
- A = kernel version
- B = major version (old: even=stable, odd=devel)
- C = minor version
- versioning changed from 2.6.11 on:
- Stable kernels A.B.C.D. D incremented on bugfixes
- C incremented every couple of months with larger changesets
- other naming A.B.C-xx (rc, mm, ac, ck)
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