[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] Remove versioning information

Lars Marowsky-Bree lmb at suse.com
Thu Nov 28 01:17:25 PST 2013


On 2013-11-26T17:37:27, Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn at suse.de> wrote:

> The versioning information is confusing for end-users. The numbers
> are stuck at 1.5.0 while the tools version have moved to 1.8.2.
> 
> I suggest removing the versioning system in the ocfs2 module and let
> the kernel version be the guide to debug issues. However, if
> you think versioning is still required, please state the reason and
> modify the version string in the *ver.h files.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn at suse.com>

Reviewed-by: Lars Marowsky-Bree <lmb at suse.com>

I agree, this is confusing for our users/customers and not quite
appropriate for an in-kernel maintained module.


Regards,
    Lars

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