Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965126AbVKVTKc (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:10:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965124AbVKVTKc (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:10:32 -0500 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.194]:13574 "EHLO wproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965123AbVKVTKb convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:10:31 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=jokfUrJ+C0Epv8+4VeaXRr9M9iw/CtgqhYEPJzqD2kXhe28kqXPuEmdAKr09vXeCOge+ew1qFY/9DChiFrX/XHUIeoyz96wG9XwaEDyl2OPShoOMAsPG2j0XLIEi3Ko37B3t6kRUcIW9eEcOqrbomo8qGaLj8haVnmp5fFfAXWA= Message-ID: <9e4733910511221110j47e8ddcs1c9936db1eb5f0b4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:10:30 -0500 From: Jon Smirl To: Alistair John Strachan Subject: Re: Christmas list for the kernel Cc: lkml In-Reply-To: <200511221839.24202.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <9e4733910511221031o44dd90caq2b24fbac1a1bae7b@mail.gmail.com> <200511221839.24202.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 859 Lines: 23 On 11/22/05, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > On Tuesday 22 November 2005 18:31, Jon Smirl wrote: > > There have been recent comments about the pace of kernel development > > slowing. > > I doubt the diffstat from the last 6 kernel releases will tell this story. Andrew Morton said it: "He suggested this may indicate that the kernel is nearing completion. "Famous last words, but the actual patch volume _has_ to drop off one day," said Morton. "We have to finish this thing one day." http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39221942,00.htm -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com - 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/