Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 5 Dec 2005 19:44:42 +0100 | | From | Adrian Bunk <> | | Subject | Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel |
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On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 09:31:12PM -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > On Saturday 03 December 2005 11:53, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 05:17:41PM +0000, David Ranson wrote: > > > Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > >udev ;) > > > > > > > >http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2005/Dec/0180.html > > > > > > Ahh OK .. I don't use it, so wouldn't have been affected. That's one > > > userspace interface broken during the series, does anyone have any more? > > > > - support for ipfwadm and ipchains was removed during 2.6 > > - devfs support was removed during 2.6 > > - removal of kernel support for pcmcia-cs is pending > > - ip{,6}_queue removal is pending > > - removal of the RAW driver is pending > > So what you're upset about is the feature removal scheduling mechanism, which > usually gives a full year's warning, and the removal patch can be reversed > into a feature addition patch you can maintain outside the tree if you really > care?
I'm not upset about is the feature removal scheduling mechanism.
Please check who has most entries in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt ...
The removal of features within the 2.6 series is an essential part of the current development model.
The problem is the lack of a long-living relatively stable series within the development model.
> Rob
cu Adrian
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