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Subject: Re: Release of 2.4.21
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From: krause@sdbk.de (Sebastian D.B. Krause)
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On 3487 September 1993, Adrian Knoth wrote:
> how about releasing 2.4.21 with the ptrace()-fix applied immediately
> like it has been done with 2.2.25?
>
> I think it's a serious bug and therefore it's time for a security-update.

I think the best way is to release a 2.4.21 kernel with only the
most important fixes (e.g. ptrace, ext3) and no new features. All
new featues which need more testing and are now in 2.4.21-pre could
then go to 2.4.22-pre for more testing (as Alan did with
2.2.25-pre1). This would be a way to react to important bugs very
fast without a lack of enough testing which is just impossible with
the current release scheme. It's just too dangerous to call 2.4.20
"stable" and wait another few month for 2.4.21.

Sebastian
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