Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 3 Dec 2005 14:26:30 -0800 | | From | Greg KH <> | | Subject | Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel |
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On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 10:53:18PM +0100, M. wrote: > from the kernel.org point of view it does make sense but from users > pov i think no. Users stuck with old drivers not actively mantained > would benefit from this.
Any specific examples of this?
> There are some open drivers wrote by hardware mantainers which will > never get into kernel.org cause of code not following kernel style > guides and so on. Yeah, you should not buy poorly supported hardware > and use bad drivers but a lot of new users have poorly supported > hardware and a "more stable than usual and at fixed dates" release > could enlower the skills barrier in approaching linux.
The skills barrier has _nothing_ to do with the release cycles.
And if you want to get a driver into the main tree, that isn't being maintained, just get a piece of the hardware to a kernel developer, along with the driver and it will be maintained. I know I've made that offer many times in the past, and so has others.
thanks,
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