Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261219AbTEMWPz (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2003 18:15:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263664AbTEMWNw (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2003 18:13:52 -0400 Received: from deviant.impure.org.uk ([195.82.120.238]:8864 "EHLO deviant.impure.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263661AbTEMWMd (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2003 18:12:33 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 23:25:32 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: Andrew Morton Cc: Christoph Hellwig , alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6 must-fix list, v2 Message-ID: <20030513222532.GA13317@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Andrew Morton , Christoph Hellwig , alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030512155417.67a9fdec.akpm@digeo.com> <20030512155511.21fb1652.akpm@digeo.com> <1052834227.432.30.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030513163854.A27407@infradead.org> <20030513131754.7f96d4d0.akpm@digeo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030513131754.7f96d4d0.akpm@digeo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1153 Lines: 27 On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 01:17:54PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > But I do not view non-ia32 support as being a 2.6.0 requirement. I'd be OK > with 2.6.0 working _only_ on ia32. Other architectures will catch up when > they can. The only core requirement is that 2.6.0 not contain gross > x86isms which make other ports impossible. I kinda sorta agree. Holding up 2.6.0 for other ports to catch up could end up with us waiting, and in the meantime, Linus merging other stuff which could break non-x86 etc.. Once we're into 2.6.x though, would it be unfeasable to hold off on final point releases until arch maintainers have sent in a 'make things work for this release' diff ? Ie, make rc's "strict bugfixes only, and arch updates" Though, for some archs (sparc32 springs to mind), we may end up waiting quite a while, so perhaps just settle on a handful of 'to be kept up-to-date' archs ? Dave - 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/