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SubjectRe: Linux 2.0 and 2.1 stability..
On Thu, Oct 30, 1997 at 10:30:46PM -0500, Steven N. Hirsch wrote:
> > > > The code-slush means that there are a few outstanding issues: some
> > > > patches accumulated by David (mainly sound, architecture and networking),
> > > > and the NFS issues. The kernel NFS server is broken and is outside the
> > > > code slush - I assume it will get a major overhaul still. The NFS client
> > > > is being debugged.
> > > >
>
> If the kernel NFS server has not been fixed by the time 2.2 emerges from
> the 2.1.x series, I vote to remove it outright from the distribution. It
> is just enough faster at what it can do that folks may be lulled into
> trusting important data to it. From experience, I can tell you that is a
> serious mistake.

For many people the kernel NFS server would make _the_ difference between
2.0 and 2.1.

Ralf

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