Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 16:41:46 -0200
From: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>
To: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>
Cc: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.4] Wireless Extension v17 (resend)
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On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 01:51:12PM -0800, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 04:01:16PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Jean,
> > 
> > I'm very ignorant about wireless but it doesnt appear to me that "Wireless Extension v17"
> > is a critical feature.
> 
> 	You are right, it's not critical, and I was already thinking
> of not pushing WE-18 to you (the WPA update). I'll stop updating 2.4.X
> with respect to wireless, the patches will be available on my web page
> for people who needs it. 

Please dont miss bugfixes for present functionality. Gracias.

> We may revisit this if there is a public
> outcry...

OK!

> > It seems more appropriate to declare it as 2.6 functionality ?
> 
> 	There need to be some unique features in 2.6.X to force people
> to upgrade, I guess...

Faster, cleaner, way more elegant, handles intense loads more gracefully, 
handles highmem decently, LSM/SELinux, etc, etc...

IMO everyone should upgrade whenever appropriate. 

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