Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Release of 2.4.21 | From | (Sebastian D.B. Krause) | Date | Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:21:01 +0100 |
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On 3487 September 1993, Adrian Knoth wrote: > how about releasing 2.4.21 with the ptrace()-fix applied immediately > like it has been done with 2.2.25? > > I think it's a serious bug and therefore it's time for a security-update.
I think the best way is to release a 2.4.21 kernel with only the most important fixes (e.g. ptrace, ext3) and no new features. All new featues which need more testing and are now in 2.4.21-pre could then go to 2.4.22-pre for more testing (as Alan did with 2.2.25-pre1). This would be a way to react to important bugs very fast without a lack of enough testing which is just impossible with the current release scheme. It's just too dangerous to call 2.4.20 "stable" and wait another few month for 2.4.21.
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