Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:24:21 +0200 (CEST) | From | szonyi calin <> | Subject | Re: A users thoughts on the new dev. model |
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--- "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> a écrit : > Followup to: <cdpee5$otu$1@gatekeeper.tmr.com> > By author: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Thus: > > - Andrew will put experimental patches into -mm; > - Andrew will continue to forward-port 2.6 mainstream fixes > to > -mm; > - Patches which have proven themselves stable and useful get > backported to 2.6; > - If the delta between 2.6 and -mm becomes too great we'll > consider a hard fork AT THAT TIME, i.e. fork lazily instead > of the past model of forking eagerly. > > Why the change? Because the model already has proven itself, > and > shown itself to be more functional than what we've had in the > past. > 2.6 is probably the most stable mainline tree we've had since > 1.2 or > so, and yet Linus and Andrew process *lots* of changes. The > -mm tree > has become a very effective filter for what should go into > mainline, > whereas the odd-number forks generally *haven't* been, because > backporting to mainline has usually been an afterthought. > > I for one welcome our new -mm overlords. > > -hpa
Thank you for clarifying this. So linux 2.6 from kernel.org stay stable. And 2.6x-mm is like a 2.7 development tree (thought not that experimental ;-) )
From the LWM story i understood that linux will be like windows: lots of "features" but no stability, except if you use a distribution kernel. And that seriously made me think about using another free *nix for a stable system.
Calin
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