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SubjectRe: Linux-2.1.92 - Feature Freeze


On Sat, 4 Apr 1998 linker@nightshade.ml.org wrote:
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> Linus, how about making a commitment to the list the 2.3 will be short?
> Set some goals. There are a thousand wish lists out there.. How about one
> from you?

I don't want to set goals, because goals change, and I've been happier
being more fluid. However I agree with you 100% that the 2.1 series was
_way_ too long. I'd be happier with a 2.3 that was half the length or
less.

> Right now there are numerous things that have been lurking outside of the
> kernel as patches. Once 2.2 is released, several of those things should
> come into stability.

That's what has always happened with a stable release: there's a idle
period when we try to make sure it really _is_ stable, but that is then
followed by a flurry of largish patches in the development release that
contains a lot of pent-up patch energy.

Other developers can help a faster cycle by simply trying to be more vocal
in requesting code-freezes, and less vocal in the requests for "yet
another feature" once I announce one.

But yes, I'll do my best to try to make 2.3 be shorter,

Linus


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