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    SubjectRe: RFD: Kernel release numbering
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    Randy.Dunlap (rddunlap@osdl.org) wrote:
    > Maybe I don't understand? Is someone expecting distro
    > quality/stability from kernel.org kernels?
    > I don't, but maybe I'm one of those minorities.

    There are few distributors who can sufficiently QA the kernel
    they ship. I think only Redhat/Fedora, Novell/Suse and
    Mandrake/Conectiva currently have *good* testing procedures and
    good QA. Most other distributions basically ship the vanilla
    Linus kernel (or Alan kernel) with some basic patches applied.

    Besides that, a *lot* of admins still prefer to compile their own
    kernel. I often encounter admins who still don't know about the
    2.6 development scheme and blindly compile each shiny new 2.6
    kernel released by Linus.

    So basically what I'm trying to tell is: it could be time to
    start the 2.7 series to have some room for experimentation. That
    is what Linus enjoys doing (*) and that is what Linus is good at.
    Leave the 2.6 kernel to Alan or someone else.

    However, I think a 2.6.x-mm kernel is still a good idea after 2.7
    branches. The -mm kernel could be a collection of backports from
    the 2.7 kernel, waiting to be included in the 2.6 kernel.

    The 3.x.y kernel could be the place for very wild
    experimentation. I'd love to see a kernel which supports a
    object-relational non-POSIX compatible filesystem, ready for
    2010's storage requirements. But that's just me.

    (*) I've got a magic Linus brain reader device.
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    Erik Hensema <erik@hensema.net>
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