Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751284AbVLCVyl (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 16:54:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751294AbVLCVyl (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 16:54:41 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:12774 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751284AbVLCVyk (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 16:54:40 -0500 Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 13:54:24 -0800 From: Greg KH To: "M." Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel Message-ID: <20051203215424.GA5444@kroah.com> References: <20051203135608.GJ31395@stusta.de> <9a8748490512030629t16d0b9ebv279064245743e001@mail.gmail.com> <20051203201945.GA4182@kroah.com> <20051203211209.GA4937@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1346 Lines: 30 On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 10:31:03PM +0100, M. wrote: > makes sense, but are you sure having distros like Debian, enterprise > products from redhat etc using the same 6months release for their > stable versions does not translate in minor fragmentation on kernel > development and in benefits for every user? It hasn't so far from my viewpoint. Do you think it has? > Under this light i think a 6months cycle starts to mean something when > stable distros gets older and older (debian and redhat enterprise are > released every 18/24 months) and developers and who wants bleeding > edge features can always use Fedora, openSUSE, Gentoo etc. Another > advantage would be to benefit external projects and hardware producers > writing open drivers, enlowering the effort in writing and mantaining > a driver. Drivers belong in the main kernel.org kernel tree. See Documentation/stable-api-nonsense.txt for why this is so, and Documentation/HOWTO for how to get this accomplished. It is explained in great detail there. If you have further questions about this, please let us know. thanks, 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/