Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261559AbVCCJCR (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 04:02:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261674AbVCCJCI (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 04:02:08 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:194 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261559AbVCCJBk (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 04:01:40 -0500 Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 01:01:06 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Linus Torvalds , Russell King , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering Message-ID: <20050303090106.GC29955@kroah.com> References: <20050302230634.A29815@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <42265023.20804@pobox.com> <20050303002047.GA10434@kroah.com> <20050303081958.GA29524@kroah.com> <4226CCFE.2090506@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4226CCFE.2090506@pobox.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1262 Lines: 32 On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 03:38:22AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > The pertinent question for a point release (2.6.X.Y) would simply be > "does a 2.6.11 user really need this fix?" "need this fix bad enough now, or can it wait until 2.6.12?" > >Like I previously said, I think we're doing a great job. The current > >-mm staging area could use some more testers to help weed out the real > >issues, and we could do "real" releases a bit faster than every 2 months > >or so. But other than that, we have adapted over the years to handle > >this extremely high rate of change in a pretty sane manner. > > I think Linus's "even/odd" proposal is an admission that 2.6.X releases > need some important fixes after it hits kernel.org. I agree. > Otherwise 2.6.X is simply a constantly indeterminent state. Heh, true, but all software is in that state :) > We need to serve users, not just make life easier for kernel developers ;-) Damm those pesky users. Without them our life would be so much easier... greg k-h - 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/