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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:45:50 +0100
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
To: Ducrot Bruno <poup@poupinou.org>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>,
       Margit Schubert-While <margit@margit.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.20 ACPI
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On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 03:27:31PM +0100, Ducrot Bruno wrote:

>...
> I disagree with you.  It introduces more enhancements,
> and more bugfix than the current code.  I admit that tt
> could introduce some news bugs, but in the balance it
> should be more stable than before.
>...

It's not "in the balance". 2.4 is a stable kernel series. The problem is
that if you switch from one stable kernel series to another
(e.g. 2.2 -> 2.4) on a production machine you know that you have to
check whether everything works as before you upgrade your production
machines. This can take quite some time. Within a stable kernel series
everything that worked in earlier kernels within this series should work
in future kernels in this kernel series. Don't forget that e.g. a
fixed security problem might force people to do a quick upgrade of
production machines to the latest kernel in this series.

There's always the possibility that you apply patches or use one of the
many two-to-four-letter patches which might contain the patch you
need.

Note: I don't know the specific situation with the new ACPI code and
      whether it might be good to include it, my arguments are an
      answer to your "in the balance" argument.

> Cheers,

cu
Adrian

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