Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751299AbVLCWu6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 17:50:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751298AbVLCWu6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 17:50:58 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:1762 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751299AbVLCWu5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 17:50:57 -0500 X-Authenticated: #428038 Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 23:50:55 +0100 From: Matthias Andree To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel Message-ID: <20051203225055.GG25722@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <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> <4391E52D.6020702@unsolicited.net> <20051203222731.GC25722@merlin.emma.line.org> <43921DEC.9080406@unsolicited.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43921DEC.9080406@unsolicited.net> X-PGP-Key: http://home.pages.de/~mandree/keys/GPGKEY.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 816 Lines: 26 On Sat, 03 Dec 2005, David Ranson wrote: > Matthias Andree wrote: > > >So was I. And now what? ipfwadm and ipchains should have been removed > >from 2.6.0 if 2.6.0 was not to support these. That opportunity was > >missed, the removal wasn't made up for in 2.6.1, so the stuff has to > >stick until 2.8.0. > > > > > I'm not aware of that policy... maybe I overlooked something? Everyone does it, except Linux and GDBM. > I guess our definitions of stable (and the degree of stability > acceptable) differ. No need to guess, this is quite obvious. -- Matthias Andree - 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/