<h1>Linux stable releases</h1>
<ul>
<li>
- Linus releases a 'stable' 3.<var>x</var> every 2-3 months after
+ Linus releases a stable 3.<var>x</var> every 2-3 months after
a series of release candidates
</li>
<li>
- Greg K-H maintains a 'stable branch' for each Linus release, with
- releases numbered 3.<var>x</var>.<var>y</var>
+ Greg K-H maintains a <dfn>stable branch</dfn> for each Linus
+ release, with <dfn>stable update</dfn> releases numbered
+ 3.<var>x</var>.<var>y</var>
</li>
<li>
- Stable branch includes cherry-picked or backported changes to
- fix serious bugs and add support for new devices
+ Branch includes cherry-picked or backported changes to fix
+ serious bugs and add support for new devices
</li>
<li>
- Stable update releases roughly every 1-2 weeks, at least until
+ Updates released roughly every 1-2 weeks, at least until
3.<var>x</var>+1 is available
</li>
<li>
- A 'long-term' stable branch may be maintained by Greg or another
- developer beyond this period
+ A <dfn>longterm</dfn> stable branch may be maintained by Greg or
+ another developer beyond this period
</li>
</ul>
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<li>
Any commit in Linus's tree, or a fix for a stable-only
regression, can be nominated by mail to this list, if it
- meets the criteria
- <ul>
- <li>
- See
- <a href="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt"><tt>Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt</tt></a>
- </li>
- </ul>
+ meets the criteria - see
+ <a href="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt"><tt>Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt</tt></a>
</li>
</ul>
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