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To: Adam Sampson <azz@us-lot.org>
cc: L A Walsh <lkml@tlinx.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Reviving the concept of a stable series 
In-Reply-To: Message from Adam Sampson <azz@us-lot.org> 
   of "Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:44:08 -0000." <y2ais65z9ef.fsf@cartman.at.fivegeeks.net> 
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:50:25 -0300
From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
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Adam Sampson <azz@us-lot.org> said:
> L A Walsh <lkml@tlinx.org> writes:
> > If you have a better way of creating a stable series of kernels
> > coming off kernel.org, I'm not attached to any specific method of
> > "how".

> One option would be a "Linux Legacy" project, similar to the Fedora
> Legacy project that backports updates to old Red Hat/Fedora Core
> releases: a central service that'd collect bug fixes for released
> kernels that distributors could then base their kernels on. That way,
> we'd get the stability advantages of vendor kernels without needing to
> repeat the effort for each distribution.

Didn't happen with 2.0, 2.2, or 2.4. I'd guess it won't happen for 2.6
either.

> Maybe some of the distribution vendors might be interested in setting
> up something like this?

I have seen absolutely no interest from distributions in leaving the
current 2.6 development model.
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