Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261274AbUJZQAj (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:00:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261325AbUJZQAj (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:00:39 -0400 Received: from siaag1aa.compuserve.com ([149.174.40.3]:18331 "EHLO siaag1aa.compuserve.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261274AbUJZP52 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:57:28 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:54:48 -0400 From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: My thoughts on the "new development model" To: William Lee Irwin III Cc: linux-kernel , Bill Davidsen Message-ID: <200410261156_MC3-1-8D2C-C64D@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4016 Lines: 75 On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 at 07:28:41 -0700 William Lee Irwin III wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 06:44:46AM -0400, Ed Tomlinson wrote: >> To my mind this just points out the need for a bug fix branch. e.g. a >> branch containing just bug/security fixes against the current stable >> kernel. It might also be worth keeping the branch active for the n-1 >> stable kernel too. >> PS. we could call this the Bug/Security or bs kernels. > > This has been very explicitly encouraged numerous times and no one has > taken up the task. Someone actually doing something about this for once > may be helpful to quell the worries of people such as we're hearing from. I'm running a kernel I call 2.6.9.1 right now, but I have no clue how to distribute it. How do you get an account on kernel.org? Directory of t:\in\269\2691 24-10-04 21:45 . 25-10-04 13:48 .. 24-10-04 21:59 2,647 000-MANIFEST 24-10-04 21:50 1,146 3c59x_pci_disable_device.patch 23-10-04 19:11 1,046 ac3_compiler.h_assembly.patch 23-10-04 19:47 1,295 ac3_config_via_velocity.patch 23-10-04 19:37 1,056 ac3_cpia_fixes.patch 24-10-04 22:28 2,652 ac3_i8042.patch 23-10-04 19:47 571 ac3_i8xx_tco_timer.patch 23-10-04 19:47 907 ac3_moxa_wakeup.patch 23-10-04 23:05 1,942 ac3_ppp_hangup.patch 23-10-04 19:43 964 ac3_skbuff_tso.patch 23-10-04 19:43 946 ac3_smbfs_request.patch 23-10-04 19:42 17,977 ac3_vm_io.patch 23-10-04 14:18 961 compat_ioctl_tiocsbrk.patch 24-10-04 19:44 329 decnet_connrefused.patch 23-10-04 21:08 2,218 delay_rq_lock.patch 23-10-04 13:20 491 dm_duplicate_kfree.patch 24-10-04 20:34 5,667 exec_timers_and_signals.patch 23-10-04 20:23 718 hvsi_oops.patch 23-10-04 13:53 1,552 i2c_amd_kconfig.patch 24-10-04 19:59 1,164 ide_no_chs.patch 23-10-04 21:22 483 init_poison.patch 23-10-04 13:42 1,190 ioapic_init_section.patch 24-10-04 21:48 1,670 ioapic_on_nvidia_boards.patch 23-10-04 13:43 855 log_buf_shift.patch 23-10-04 21:54 737 maxtor_ide_probe.patch 19-10-04 22:10 820 memset_signal_ppc64.patch 23-10-04 22:51 873 netif_rx_ni_preempt_safe.patch 23-10-04 14:08 1,203 o_direct_mmapped_io.patch 23-10-04 22:27 4,181 parport_superio.patch 23-10-04 13:28 662 pcdp_swap_args.patch 23-10-04 22:48 910 pci_dev_put.patch 23-10-04 13:32 1,593 percpu_alignment.patch 23-10-04 20:38 786 proc_wrong_parent.patch 23-10-04 14:09 1,542 quoted_env_vars_3.patch 23-10-04 22:24 608 return_enfile_not_emfile.patch 23-10-04 22:26 1,453 s390_sacf_exception.patch 23-10-04 14:20 1,519 suspend_time_adjust.patch 23-10-04 13:50 636 tcp_output_skbuff_fix.patch 23-10-04 13:51 3,375 unbalanced_tasks_v3.patch 23-10-04 13:56 957 usr_courier_pnp_id.patch 24-10-04 21:48 2,051 vga_console_font.patch 23-10-04 22:28 950 vm_dirty_ratio_clamp.patch 24-10-04 19:34 822 vm_pages_scanned_active_list.patch 23-10-04 13:37 840 x86_64_syscall32_initdata.patch 44 File(s) 76,965 bytes --Chuck Ebbert 26-Oct-04 11:52:08 - 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/