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‎New-style versioning

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== Versioning ==

OpenVZ kernel versions are named like <tt>2.6.n-XXXtestYYY.z</tt> and <tt>2.6.n-XXXstabYYY.z</tt>.

* '''2.6.n''' is a vanilla kernel version (i.e. the one from [http://kernel.org/ kernel.org]) which this OpenVZ kernel is based on.
* '''XXX''' is a major OpenVZ kernel version number, which usually changes from release to release, or when dramatic changes to the kernel are made.
* '''test''' series kernels are unstable kernel releases, which are usually under extensive development, while '''stab''' series kernels are more or less stable kernel releases which are close to be released or are in production already.
* '''YYY''' is a minor OpenVZ kernel version number, which changes from build to build, when bugfixes or small feature changes were made.
* '''z''' is an add-on number; it is used as rpm's <tt>Release</tt> field and in most cases is set to 1.

== Cycle ==
Usual kernel development cycle looks like this:

021test000 → 021test001 → ... → 021test012 → ''here kernel is declared stable'' → 021stab000 → 021stab001 → ... → 021stab023

== Branches ==

A few kernel branches may be developed in parallel. For example, as of 13th of June, 2006, there are four branches:
* stable, based on 2.6.8, currently at 2.6.8-022stab077.1
* development, based on 2.6.16, currently at 2.6.16 026test014.4
* FC5, based on latest Fedora Core 5 kernel, currently at 2.6.16-1.2111_FC5.026test012
* SUSE10, based on latest SUSE10 kernel, currently at 2.6.16.13_4_ve026test012-2

[[Category: Kernel]]

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-== Versioning ==
+== Versioning == <!--T:1-->
-=== New-style versioning ===
+=== New-style versioning === <!--T:2-->
 Currently (since 2.6.20) all new OpenVZ kernels has a simple version like <tt>2.6.n-ovzXXX</tt>
 * '''2.6.n''' is a vanilla kernel version, e.g. 2.6.20 or 2.6.22, which this OpenVZ kernel is based on;
 * '''ovzXXX''' is the OpenVZ kernel version, e.g. ovz001 for the very first one.
-=== Old-style versioning ===
+=== Old-style versioning === <!--T:5-->
 Some time ago OpenVZ kernel versions were named like <tt>2.6.n-XXXtestYYY.z</tt> and <tt>2.6.n-XXXstabYYY.z</tt>.
 * '''2.6.n''' is a vanilla kernel version (i.e. the one from [http://kernel.org/ kernel.org]) which this OpenVZ kernel is based on.
 * '''XXX''' is a major OpenVZ kernel version number, which usually changes from release to release, or when dramatic changes to the kernel are made.
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 * '''z''' is an add-on number; it is used as rpm's <tt>Release</tt> field and in most cases is set to 1.
 This style is kept for some kernels that started before switching to the new versioning.
-=== Cycle ===
+=== Cycle === <!--T:9-->
 Usual kernel development cycle looks like this:
 test000 → 021test001 → ... → 021test012 → ''here kernel is declared stable'' → 021stab000 → 021stab001 → ... → 021stab023
-== Branches ==
+== Branches == <!--T:11-->
 A few kernel branches are being developed in parallel. See [[Download/kernel]] for more info about branches and their statuses.
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 == Versioning ==
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 A few kernel branches are being developed in parallel. See [[Download/kernel]] for more info about branches and their statuses.
 [[Category: Kernel]]

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 == Branches ==
-A few kernel branches are being developed in parallel. For example, as of 27th of August, 2007, there are few active branches:
+A few kernel branches are being developed in parallel. See [[Download/kernel]] for more info about branches and their statuses.
 [[Category: Kernel]]

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 === New-style versioning ===
-Currently all new OpenVZ kernels has a simple version like <tt>2.6.n-ovzXXX</tt>
+Currently (since 2.6.20) all new OpenVZ kernels has a simple version like <tt>2.6.n-ovzXXX</tt>
 * '''2.6.n''' is a vanilla kernel version, e.g. 2.6.20 or 2.6.22, which this OpenVZ kernel is based on;

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 == Branches ==
-A few kernel branches may be developed in parallel. For example, as of 13th of June, 2006, there are four branches:
+A few kernel branches are being developed in parallel. For example, as of 27th of August, 2007, there are few active branches:
-* stable, based on 2.6.8
+* stable, based on RHEL4-2.6.9
-* development, based on 2.6.16
+* stable, based on RHEL5-2.6.18
-* FC5, based on latest Fedora Core 5 kernel
+* stable, based on vanilla 2.6.18
 * SUSE10, based on latest SUSE10 kernel
 [[Category: Kernel]]