Messages in this thread | | | From | Bernd Eckenfels <> | Subject | Re: starting with 2.7 | Date | Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:59:20 +0100 |
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In article <41E40E9D.9090502@comcast.net> you wrote: > A few bugfix backports may be fine, though that's already light to fair > work (depending on how many security bugs are being found and need > backporting, versus how many can patch clean without porting); How do > you people maintain 4 ACTIVE branches?
Because those people are many, and as long as there are volunteers to maintain a branch, nobody can stop them from doing so.
BTW: I generally agree with you, that adding features should be limited. However stuff like new drivers or subsystems which have their own lifecylce and small impact are added to stable just because the innovations are needed by the users (most often because of new hardware or generally more stability or performance)
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