Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261330AbVCCAki (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 19:40:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261331AbVCCAgT (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 19:36:19 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:22216 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261212AbVCCAdL (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 19:33:11 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 19:32:59 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Lars Marowsky-Bree , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering Message-ID: <20050303003259.GI10124@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Linus Torvalds , Lars Marowsky-Bree , Kernel Mailing List References: <20050302225846.GK17584@marowsky-bree.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1142 Lines: 26 On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 03:44:58PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > I think a better approach, and one which is already working out well in > > practice, is to put "more intrusive" features into -mm first, and only > > migrate them into 2.6.x when they have 'stabilized'. > > That wouldn't change. But we still have the issue of "they have to be > released sometime". This makes it clear to everybody when to merge, and > when to calm down. So is the problem that people aren't listening when you say "lets slow down" ? Why would this change things for people who obviously ignore what you say ? :) I'll bet you'll still get flooded with "lets see if Linus takes this despite what he said in his last announcement" patches if we moved to this model. The only thing that would make a difference afaics, would be you putting your foot down and just ignoring such submissions ? Dave - 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/