Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Nov 2005 11:12:38 -0500 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: Christmas list for the kernel |
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Andrew Morton wrote: > Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> wrote: > >>On 11/22/05, Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote: >> >>>On Tuesday 22 November 2005 18:31, Jon Smirl wrote: >>> >>>>There have been recent comments about the pace of kernel development >>>>slowing. >>> >>>I doubt the diffstat from the last 6 kernel releases will tell this story. >> >>Andrew Morton said it: "He suggested this may indicate that the kernel >>is nearing completion. "Famous last words, but the actual patch volume >>_has_ to drop off one day," said Morton. "We have to finish this thing >>one day." >> >>http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39221942,00.htm >> > > > I was wrong, as usual. The trend at http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/x.jpg is, > I think, being maintained.
Ah, but the percentage of lines is dropping as the kernel gets more bloated^H^H^H^H^H^H^featureful.
BTW: what is the baseline day zero code here? 2.6.0? -- -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com) "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me
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