Messages in this thread |  | | From | John Alvord <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] 2.5/2.6/2.7 transition [was Re: Linux 2.4.16-pre1] | Date | Mon, 26 Nov 2001 00:13:18 -0800 |
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On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 15:53:23 -0800, Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com> wrote:
>On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 10:17:15AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: >> >> On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote: >> > >> > The "problem" effectively arises from _fast_ releasing "stable" versions. >> >> Actually, I think that is just the _symptom_ of the basic issue: I do not >> like being a maintainer. >> > >Ok, here's *another* suggestion for future working of stable and development >kernels... > >Linus, > >You admit that you do not like to maintain. We have seen that, and >unfortunately for 2.4 it is true. > >Personally, I think that 2.4 was released too early. It was when the >Internet hype was going full force, and nobody (including myself) could be >faulted for getting swept up in the wave that it was.
"Internet" crashed very hard in March-April 2000. 2.4.0 was out in early 2001... no connection I suspect.
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