Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751392AbVLFL2P (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 06:28:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751446AbVLFL2P (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 06:28:15 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:6029 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751392AbVLFL2P (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 06:28:15 -0500 X-Authenticated: #428038 Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 12:28:12 +0100 From: Matthias Andree To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel Message-ID: <20051206112812.GG10574@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <20051203135608.GJ31395@stusta.de> <43949541.9060700@tmr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43949541.9060700@tmr.com> 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: 577 Lines: 15 On Mon, 05 Dec 2005, Bill Davidsen wrote: > If a firm policy of not removing supported features until 2.7 was > adopted I don't see a problem. The bulk of the instability (not I do - the problem is someone will let it bit-rot for a few releases and then declare it broken. Remember ATAPI CD writing vs. DMA? -- 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/