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It is not safe to compare kernel branches against each other using simple version number comparisons to track fixes.
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- Greg Kroah-Hartman Linux kernel maintainer
It is NOT safe to do a simple "if this version number is bigger than the previous one, then all fixes for it will be in the next release." You have to treat each kernel "branch" as a unique tree, and not compare them against each other in order to be able to properly track changes over time.
Where this was said
↗Linux kernel version numberskroah.com
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