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    SubjectRe: RFD: Kernel release numbering
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    On Gwe, 2005-03-04 at 18:18, Linus Torvalds wrote:
    > Alan, I think your problem is that you really think that the tree _I_ want
    > is what _you_ want.

    No I think you just misunderstood the point I was trying to make. They
    are different trees and the difference is what stops you just doing the
    layering Andrew seemed to think would work.

    > I look at this from a _layering_ standpoint. Not from a "stable tree"
    > standpoint at all.

    >From a layering perspective the .x.y.z kernel is a dead end fork each
    2.x.y and that means it can and should make use of the ugly short term
    fixes that solve problems.

    > And that means that such a kernel would not get all patches that you'd
    > want. That's fine. That was never the aim of it. The _only_ point of this
    > kernel would be to have a baseline that nobody can disagree with.

    Thats fine. It's a useful check, although it means we now have another
    layer of obfuscation.

    > In other words, it's not a "let's fix all serious bugs we can fix", but a
    > "this is the least common denominator that is basically acceptable to
    > everybody, regardless of what their objectives are".

    Acceptable to whom ? Users want all the security issues fixed.

    > So if you want to fix a security issue, and the fix is too big or invasive
    > or ugly for the "least common denominator" thing, then it simply does not
    > _go_ into that kernel. At that point, it goes into an -ac kernel, or into
    > my kernel, or into a vendor kernel. See?

    If you put the corresponding "ugghh" fix into the 2.6.x.y sure. Thats
    what I'm trying to say.

    > So think of it as a piece in the puzzle, not the whole picture.

    I think a lot of the folks who are using the 2.6 kernels and not using
    vendor kernels have enough puzzles already 8)

    Alan

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