Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263199AbTE0EIW (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 May 2003 00:08:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263201AbTE0EIW (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 May 2003 00:08:22 -0400 Received: from willy.net1.nerim.net ([62.212.114.60]:60423 "EHLO www.home.local") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263199AbTE0EIV (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 May 2003 00:08:21 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 06:21:16 +0200 From: Willy Tarreau To: Marcelo Tosatti Cc: Willy Tarreau , "David S. Miller" , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Aix7xxx unstable in 2.4.21-rc2? (RE: Linux 2.4.21-rc2) Message-ID: <20030527042116.GA19309@alpha.home.local> References: <1053732598.1951.13.camel@mulgrave> <20030524064340.GA1451@alpha.home.local> <1053923112.14018.16.camel@rth.ninka.net> <20030526212902.GA13550@alpha.home.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1850 Lines: 38 On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 06:35:51PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > What I said is that if people think I'm not maintaining 2.4.x (quoting > Davem, "I really think 2.4.x development is becoming almost non-existent > lately.) in a acceptable way, the work should be done by someone else. I > WANT to keep maintaining 2.4, but only if people are happy with that. Do > you understand ? Yes, I understand. I think it's good that people have complained because now you know what they expect from you, so it's up to you to make them happy :) > > People often prefer "here is -rcxx-acxx, which my EPIA now fully > > supports" to "here is -rcxx, please test it extensively". > > I dont understand what you mean. John correctly replied for me. Several -pre didn't even compile for most of us, but you let them as they were during weeks. When this happens, only a few people who have the time to follow LKML and grab patches can try these pre-releases. When that happens, please do apply the trivial fixes and send one more just after, even the same day so that people can try them. Alan often does this, and nobody has ever complained about him for releasing 2 kernels the same day, one with a big bug and the next one without. I already had collegues saying to me "Yesterday, I've tried to compile 2.4.21-preXX, but it doesn't compile". It's always sad to say to them "wait 3 weeks, hoping for the next one to fix it and not to add new bugs !". I'd really prefer to reply "you idiot, return to kernel.org and get the next one or send a patch, Marcelo wouldn't let his kernel in this state". Regards, Willy - 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/