Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030299AbWADWVL (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:21:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030298AbWADWVL (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:21:11 -0500 Received: from mail.linicks.net ([217.204.244.146]:45516 "EHLO linux233.linicks.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030299AbWADWVJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:21:09 -0500 From: Nick Warne To: Greg KH Subject: Re: 2.6.14.5 to 2.6.15 patch Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 22:20:59 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9 Cc: Alistair John Strachan , "Randy.Dunlap" , Jesper Juhl , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, webmaster@kernel.org References: <200601041710.37648.nick@linicks.net> <200601042210.47152.nick@linicks.net> <20060104221549.GA13254@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20060104221549.GA13254@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200601042220.59637.nick@linicks.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1349 Lines: 33 On Wednesday 04 January 2006 22:15, Greg KH wrote: > > Then when 2.6.15 came out, that was it! No patch for the 'latest stable > > kernel release 2.6.14.5'. It was GONE! > > That's because 2.6.15 is the latest stable release. > > > OK, I suppose we are all capable of getting back to where we are on > > rebuilding to latest 'stable', but there _is_ a missing link for somebody > > that doesn't know - and I think backtracking patches isn't really the way > > to go if the 'latest stable release' isn't catered for. > > Um, it is, see my sentance above. And if you want to download older > stable releases, you can jump to the proper directory, how long do you > want us to put older stable releases on the main page for? :) OK, I see what you mean, but 2.6.14 wasn't the latest 'release' - 2.6.14.5 was (according to kernel.org). Yet there is no upgrade path for that build (or any other .x releases) It is a bit of a mess really. Nick -- "Person who say it cannot be done should not interrupt person doing it." -Chinese Proverb My quake2 project: http://sourceforge.net/projects/quake2plus/ - 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/