Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964907AbVLFBsZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 20:48:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964909AbVLFBsZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 20:48:25 -0500 Received: from mail.dvmed.net ([216.237.124.58]:18576 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964907AbVLFBsY (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 20:48:24 -0500 Message-ID: <4394EDDE.30605@pobox.com> Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 20:48:14 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Davidsen CC: Ben Collins , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel References: <20051203135608.GJ31395@stusta.de> <1133620264.2171.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4394C745.2020802@tmr.com> In-Reply-To: <4394C745.2020802@tmr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "srv2.dvmed.net", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: Bill Davidsen wrote: > I do think the old model was better; by holding down major changes for > six months or so after a new even release came out, people had a chance > to polich the stable release, and developers had time to recharge their > batteries so to speak, and to sit and think about what they wanted to > do, without feeling the pressure to write code and submit it right away. > Knowing that there's no place to send code for six months is a great aid > to generating GOOD code. [...] Content analysis details: (0.1 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [69.134.188.146 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1136 Lines: 25 Bill Davidsen wrote: > I do think the old model was better; by holding down major changes for > six months or so after a new even release came out, people had a chance > to polich the stable release, and developers had time to recharge their > batteries so to speak, and to sit and think about what they wanted to > do, without feeling the pressure to write code and submit it right away. > Knowing that there's no place to send code for six months is a great aid > to generating GOOD code. It never worked that way, which is why the model changed. Like it or not, developers would only focus on one release. In the old model, unstable things would get shoved into the stable kernel, because people didn't want to wait six months. And for the unstable kernel, it would often be so horribly broken that even developers couldn't use it for development (think 2.5.x IDE). Jeff - 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/