Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Linux-2.4.0-test9-pre2 | Date | Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:50:48 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > Argh. Im not going to have time to push all the driver fixes from 2.2 into > > 2.4 then, I've got a house move to do yet > > Alan, 'it happens that is why most distros will not ship a 2.4.0 kernel > and will wait for 2.4.1 or 2.4.2.
Historically distros ship something about version 5-6, significant stability occurs about 10-14 and by 20+ its getting really good :)
Yeah I know we have time but there are serious security issues, exploitable memory leaks and stuff fixed in 2.2 but not yet in 2.4test. Having said that Im sure Ted would mark those 'urgent' 8)
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