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    SubjectRe: Reviving the concept of a stable series
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    Adam Sampson <azz@us-lot.org> said:
    > L A Walsh <lkml@tlinx.org> writes:
    > > If you have a better way of creating a stable series of kernels
    > > coming off kernel.org, I'm not attached to any specific method of
    > > "how".

    > One option would be a "Linux Legacy" project, similar to the Fedora
    > Legacy project that backports updates to old Red Hat/Fedora Core
    > releases: a central service that'd collect bug fixes for released
    > kernels that distributors could then base their kernels on. That way,
    > we'd get the stability advantages of vendor kernels without needing to
    > repeat the effort for each distribution.

    Didn't happen with 2.0, 2.2, or 2.4. I'd guess it won't happen for 2.6
    either.

    > Maybe some of the distribution vendors might be interested in setting
    > up something like this?

    I have seen absolutely no interest from distributions in leaving the
    current 2.6 development model.
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