Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Nov 2003 08:53:10 GMT | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: Some thoughts about stable kernel development |
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Quote from Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu: > --==_Exmh_-1945224656P > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > 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.
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