Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750792AbVKFNLA (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Nov 2005 08:11:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750803AbVKFNLA (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Nov 2005 08:11:00 -0500 Received: from ns.firmix.at ([62.141.48.66]:24256 "EHLO ns.firmix.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750792AbVKFNLA (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Nov 2005 08:11:00 -0500 Subject: Re: New Linux Development Model From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: Edgar Hucek Cc: jerome lacoste , Jean Delvare , LKML In-Reply-To: <436DEF22.4010903@ed-soft.at> References: <436C7E77.3080601@ed-soft.at> <20051105122958.7a2cd8c6.khali@linux-fr.org> <436CB162.5070100@ed-soft.at> <5a2cf1f60511060252t55e1a058o528700ea69826965@mail.gmail.com> <436DEF22.4010903@ed-soft.at> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: http://www.firmix.at/ Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 13:57:46 +0100 Message-Id: <1131281866.3296.1.camel@gimli.at.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 763 Lines: 22 On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 12:55 +0100, Edgar Hucek wrote: [...] > Sure, but what about securrity updates. When a new kernel release > comes out the updates are stopped for older releases. And why should > dirstribution makers always backport new security fixes ? Because they have no other choice. Or are you here to do this for them? Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services - 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/