Re: [SSI-users] OpenSSI versions

[John H. <jo...@Ca...>]

Roger Tsang wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> 2.0.0pre2 is an older release - aka 1.9.5 - where as 2.0.0pre1 is 
> equivalent to 1.9.4.  2.0.0pre1 was released after 1.9.3.
>
> Our development mailing list mentioned that there were many changes 
> since 2.0.0pre2 (1.9.5).  For this reason the latest work today is 
> called 1.9.6 "preview" instead of 2.0.0pre3.
>
> 1.9.6 "preview" is just that - not really a release.  After some final 
> touches 1.9.6 "preview" (or actually the latest in CVS) will become 
> 2.0.0rc1.
>
> There will no longer be any confusion since 2.0.0rc1 naturally follows 
> after 2.0.0pre2.
I'm really bad at version numbers and releases.

And there are a lot of different version numbers.

There is the version of the kernel, the version of the OpenSSI 
modifications to the kernel, the version of libcluster and the cluster 
tools, the versions of the patches to the base utilities.

My "1.9.6 preview" stuff is based on whatever Roger checks in to CVS - 
as he says he's working towards a nice stable "2.0".

Roger, please correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is:

The 2.0 kernel will be based on what Roger is putting in to CVS, on base 
kernel 2.6.11

The Debian version will be based on Sarge.
The "Redhat/Fedora" version will be based on CentOS 4.8

When 2.0 is wrapped up we'll start work on a 2.1.  The main aim of 2.1 
will be to move to newer kernels and distributions.