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To: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@utah-nac.org>
Cc: Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, torvalds@osdl.org
Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 02 Mar 2005 15:53:36 MST."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
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On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 15:53:36 MST, "Jeff V. Merkey" said:
> __Stable__ would be a good thing. The entire 2.6 development has been a 
> disaster from
> a stability viewpoint. I have to maintain a huge tree of patches in 
> order to ship appliance
> builds due to the lack of stability for 2.6. I think that the even 
> number releases will take longer
> but it's worth the wait.

Remember - each patch you successfully push upstream is one less patch
you have to maintain.  So re-read Documentation/SubmittingPatches, beat
the patches into shape, and send them on their way. ;)

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