Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932147AbVLCW0x (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 17:26:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932134AbVLCW0x (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 17:26:53 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:63106 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751298AbVLCW0w (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 17:26:52 -0500 Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 14:26:30 -0800 From: Greg KH To: "M." Cc: Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel Message-ID: <20051203222630.GA30230@kroah.com> References: <20051203135608.GJ31395@stusta.de> <9a8748490512030629t16d0b9ebv279064245743e001@mail.gmail.com> <20051203201945.GA4182@kroah.com> <20051203211209.GA4937@kroah.com> <1133645895.22170.33.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> 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: 1242 Lines: 29 On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 10:53:18PM +0100, M. wrote: > from the kernel.org point of view it does make sense but from users > pov i think no. Users stuck with old drivers not actively mantained > would benefit from this. Any specific examples of this? > There are some open drivers wrote by hardware mantainers which will > never get into kernel.org cause of code not following kernel style > guides and so on. Yeah, you should not buy poorly supported hardware > and use bad drivers but a lot of new users have poorly supported > hardware and a "more stable than usual and at fixed dates" release > could enlower the skills barrier in approaching linux. The skills barrier has _nothing_ to do with the release cycles. And if you want to get a driver into the main tree, that isn't being maintained, just get a piece of the hardware to a kernel developer, along with the driver and it will be maintained. I know I've made that offer many times in the past, and so has others. 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/