Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 10:22:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 10:22:38 -0500 Received: from uni03du.unity.ncsu.edu ([152.1.13.103]:1667 "EHLO uni03du.unity.ncsu.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 10:22:37 -0500 From: jlnance@unity.ncsu.edu Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 10:33:44 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25 Message-ID: <20030324153344.GA10519@ncsu.edu> References: <20030323193457.GA14750@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <200303231938.h2NJcAq14927@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20030323194423.GC14750@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030323194423.GC14750@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1200 Lines: 28 On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 08:44:23PM +0100, Martin Mares wrote: > Do you really think that "People should either use vendor kernels or > read LKML and be able to gather the fixes from there themselves" is a > good strategy? Hi Martin, I must say that I think it is an excellent strategy. I will admit though, that I have voiced this opinion several times in the past and it seems that most people disagree with me. I think we do a disservice to people by encouraging them to believe that the kernels they download from kernel.org can be depended on to work. Kernel.org kernels are effectivly a way for people to participate in the development process and to help with QA. If you dont want to be involved with these activities, you really do not want to use those kernels. We could try and make that guarantee if we wanted to, but it would be a lot of work and the vendors are already doing it. So why not leverage their work? Thanks, Jim - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/