Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261874AbVACWIW (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 17:08:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261879AbVACWFl (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 17:05:41 -0500 Received: from smtpout.mac.com ([17.250.248.85]:61413 "EHLO smtpout.mac.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261903AbVACWES (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 17:04:18 -0500 In-Reply-To: References: <200501032059.j03KxOEB004666@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> <0F9DCB4E-5DD1-11D9-892B-000D9352858E@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <5B2E0ED4-5DD3-11D9-892B-000D9352858E@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Horst von Brand , Adrian Bunk , William Lee Irwin III , Maciej Soltysiak , Andries Brouwer , William Lee Irwin III From: Felipe Alfaro Solana Subject: Re: starting with 2.7 Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 23:03:53 +0100 To: Rik van Riel X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1032 Lines: 28 On 3 Jan 2005, at 22:48, Rik van Riel wrote: > On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote: >> On 3 Jan 2005, at 21:59, Horst von Brand wrote: > >>> Open up the code. Most of the changes will then be done as a matter >>> of >>> course by others. >> >> Unfortunately, you can't force the entire hardware industry to open >> up their drivers. > > That's ok. I don't have to buy that hardware. Gosh! I bought an ATI video card, I bought a VMware license, etc.... I want to keep using them. Changing a "stable" kernel will continuously annoy users and vendors. I think new developments will force a 2.7 branch: when 2.6 feature set stabilizes, people will keep more time testing a stable, relatively static kernel base, finding bugs, instead of trying to keep up with changes. - 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/