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SubjectRe: Some thoughts about stable kernel development
Quote from Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu:
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> On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 19:50:00 GMT, John Bradford said:
> > This does highlight a real issue - I am concerned by the number of
> > posts on sites like lwn.net saying things like, "Oh, I'm using 2.6 as
> > my standard kernel now", when it is clear that a lot of those users
> > simply do not understand the issues.
>
> On the other hand, Linux is about freedom, even if it's the freedom
> to shoot yourself in the foot.
>
> I really don't see that we need to do much of anything to change our
> development scheme. I think that James Bourne's -uv patch series
> is all that's needed, and that the only thing we need to do is make
> sure there's resources available to keep it going (find it a home
> on the www.kernel.org server, provide a link for it so people can
> actually *find* it, and somehow provide for continuity in case James
> gets hit by a bus or something equally unfortunate.

See my other post in this thread - I never intended to post that
comment. I am not in favour of any change in development, just a big
notice that says, "Be careful". That doesn't take away any freedom,
and I think that there are obviously users who would benefit from it.

John.
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