Why does the official website of linux kernel version 4.17.3 call it a stable version?

Hello, everyone. I have been learning linux, rookie recently. When I was reading today, I learned about the version numbering scheme of Linux. When the minor version number is odd, it should be called development, that is, the development version. But when I went to browse the Linux kernel official website, I found that the official website labeled stable, for the 4.17.3 version of the kernel, which is really puzzling to me. Is the previous version naming convention no longer valid? Hope that friends who know can help to explain, thank you!

Mar.22,2021

the parity rule expires after 2.6. Refer to Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki.


the rules you see are the data of the old 2.x kernel version in China, right? The rule has been changed a long time ago, and this principle will no longer apply after 3.x

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