Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261904AbVACWV0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 17:21:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261903AbVACWO6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 17:14:58 -0500 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:7858 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261948AbVACWNB (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 17:13:01 -0500 Subject: Re: starting with 2.7 From: Alan Cox To: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: Russell King , "Theodore Ts'o" , Bill Davidsen , Adrian Bunk , Diego Calleja , Willy Tarreau , wli@holomorphy.com, aebr@win.tue.nl, solt2@dns.toxicfilms.tv, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <41D99C5F.50803@osdl.org> References: <20050103134727.GA2980@stusta.de> <20050103183621.GA2885@thunk.org> <20050103185927.C3442@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <41D99C5F.50803@osdl.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1104785548.13582.22.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 21:06:15 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 760 Lines: 17 On Llu, 2005-01-03 at 19:26, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > Agreed. We (whoever "we" are) have erred too much on longer > cycles for stability, but it's not working out as hoped IMO. After 2.6.9-ac its clear that the long 2.6.9 process worked very badly. While 2.6.10 is looking much better its long period meant the allegedly "official" base kernel was a complete pile of insecure donkey turd for months. That doesn't hurt most vendor users but it does hurt those trying to do stuff on the base kernels very badly. Alan - 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/