> What about doing a "p" release? A preliminary if you will, then update that with the > major/minor fixes that come in after the 1st 24/36/48 hours and that would be the > final new integer release?
Because the reason things are more stable 24 hours later is precisely that *everyone* downloads the release and tries their favorite drivers on it. The "p" release would get the same kind of downloads as a "u" release does now.