Messages in this thread |  | | From | Brian Blackmore <> | Subject | RE: patches from 2.0.x to 2.1.x | Date | Fri, 18 Oct 1996 23:31:53 +-100 |
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Shinanyaku wrote: Brian Blackmore was heard saying .... > > Nir Soffer <scorpios@cs.huji.ac.il> wrote: > > Considering anybody going from 2.0.22 or 2.0.23 is now most likely to > be going to 2.1.5 it would probably be better for them to download the > full source for 2.1.5 directly.
While I don't agree on having patches that jump versions (though perhaps a 1.2 -> 2.0 might be in order), the comment above isn't true at all. I *have* to run a stable linux system on several boxes and have no intention of jumping into the development series. I'm quite happy here at 2.0.22.
But if they are jumping into the development series they will most probably be going direct to 2.1.5 which will be 5 patches, or a later one which will be even more. With development kernels patches being larger than the "production" version it may even also be less bytes to get the full source directly, it will certainly be safer.
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