[elrepo] Can we rename kernel-ml to something more correct?

[Dave Chiluk]

I had to explain this again today.  @alan, or @akemi, thoughts?

Thanks,
Dave.


On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 2:06 PM Dave Chiluk <dchiluk at indeed.com> wrote:

> If I'm not mistaken in kernel-ml, ml stands for mainline.  This is
> actually quite a misnomer as kernel.org uses mainline to refer to Linus'
> development tree.  In actuality kernel-ml is instead built off of the
> stable tree.  I've seen a number of people get confused by this nuance.
>
> I know it would suck to do, but it really feels like it should be named
> something like kernel-stable *(because of kernel.org conventions), or
> possibly kernel-st (for short-term).  I'm not really sure what the correct
> name should be, but I'm certain it should not be kernel-ml.
>
> We could even create a transitional kernel-ml package that depends on the
> newly named rpm to provide a no-brainer upgrade path.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave.
>
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