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    SubjectRe: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel
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    > >
    > > > . Another
    > > > advantage would be to benefit external projects and hardware producers
    > > > writing open drivers, enlowering the effort in writing and mantaining
    > > > a driver.
    > >
    > > there is an even better model for those: Get it merged into kernel.org!
    > >
    > >
    > > There is an even bigger deal here: even if you're not ready to get
    > > merged yet, staying on the same old version for 6 months is NOT going to
    > > help you. In fact it's worse: it is 10x easier to deal with 6 small
    > > steps of 1 month than to deal with 1 big step of 6 months.
    > >
    > >
    > from the kernel.org point of view it does make sense but from users
    > pov i think no. Users stuck with old drivers not actively mantained
    > would benefit from this.

    actually no. since that only buys them a few months at most, and then
    you're entirely stuck again. And patching it up after 6 months is a lot
    harder than doing smaller steps of 1 month, especially for less
    experienced people.


    > There are some open drivers wrote by hardware mantainers which will
    > never get into kernel.org cause of code not following kernel style
    > guides and so on.

    which ones did you have in mind?



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