Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932125AbVLCSep (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 13:34:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932127AbVLCSep (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 13:34:45 -0500 Received: from host-83-146-9-72.bulldogdsl.com ([83.146.9.72]:32877 "EHLO host-83-146-9-72.bulldogdsl.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932125AbVLCSeo (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 13:34:44 -0500 Message-ID: <4391E52D.6020702@unsolicited.net> Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:34:21 +0000 From: David Ranson User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adrian Bunk CC: Steven Rostedt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Matthias Andree Subject: Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel References: <20051203135608.GJ31395@stusta.de> <1133620598.22170.14.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20051203152339.GK31395@stusta.de> <20051203162755.GA31405@merlin.emma.line.org> <4391CEC7.30905@unsolicited.net> <1133630012.6724.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4391D335.7040008@unsolicited.net> <20051203175355.GL31395@stusta.de> In-Reply-To: <20051203175355.GL31395@stusta.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.93.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig1DE812279BD5576EC2AA38EF" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1634 Lines: 53 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig1DE812279BD5576EC2AA38EF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Adrian Bunk wrote: >- support for ipfwadm and ipchains was removed during 2.6 > > Surely this one had loads of notice though? I was using iptables with 2.4 kernels. >- devfs support was removed during 2.6 > > Did this affect many 'real' users? >- removal of kernel support for pcmcia-cs is pending >- ip{,6}_queue removal is pending >- removal of the RAW driver is pending > > I don't use any of these. I guess pcmcia-cs may be disruptive for laptop users. So far I don't see evidence to suggest huge repeated userspace breakages between Kernel versions that were implied earlier in this thread. Whatever, we aren't going to see any more stable branches without volunteers to do the spadework. As has been pointed out, this won't always be an easy task. David --------------enig1DE812279BD5576EC2AA38EF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFDkeUyDYHcaCYtZo4RAu8LAJ4+u4wnJ+nu/+AeKgUlBgrjaNNgNwCg3EoJ Ix0OGG6cpdP2Oc/ZyxGJKEQ= =toht -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig1DE812279BD5576EC2AA38EF-- - 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/