Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Sep 2000 10:27:54 -0700 (PDT) | From | "Mr. James W. Laferriere" <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.2.18pre1 |
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Hello Alan (& Others) , How about describing what it breaks ? I know that invoking the God Linus's name can just get people to back down . So I ask for myself as well as others ... what , where , when , why , who . Hth , JimL
On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Alan Cox wrote: > > > Since 2.2.17 isnt out yet I've released 2.2.18pre1 versus 2.2.17pre20. So > > > you need to grab 2.2.16 then apply the 2.2.17pre20 patch then the 2.2.18pre > > > patch of choice. > > Well, I'm asking again, as usual, are you planning to integrate > > kernel-space NFSv3? I'd appreciate if you did. > People would appreciate lots of things but stability happens to come first. > Thats why its primarily focussed on driver stuff not on revamping the > internals. Right now Im not happy with the nfsv3 stuff I last looked at and > it seems to still contain things Linus rejected a while back. > I'd love to have raid 0.90, nfsv3 and the new ide stuff in but I cannot see > a path for that without breaking a supposedly stable product for other people > which is simply not acceptable. > Alan +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network Engineer | 25416 22nd So | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | DesMoines WA 98198 | only on AXP | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
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