Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750927AbWA2HqU (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jan 2006 02:46:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750751AbWA2HqU (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jan 2006 02:46:20 -0500 Received: from tachyon.quantumlinux.com ([64.113.1.99]:46780 "EHLO tachyon.quantumlinux.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751269AbWA2HnH (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jan 2006 02:43:07 -0500 Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 23:43:50 -0800 (PST) From: Chuck Wolber X-X-Sender: chuckw@localhost.localdomain To: Willy Tarreau cc: "Randy.Dunlap" , gregkh@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, jmforbes@linuxtx.org, zwane@arm.linux.org.uk, tytso@mit.edu, davej@redhat.com, torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Subject: Re: [patch 0/6] 2.6.14.7 -stable review In-Reply-To: <20060129061722.GY7142@w.ods.org> Message-ID: References: <20060128021749.GA10362@kroah.com> <20060128204531.4786aaea.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20060129061722.GY7142@w.ods.org> X-Habeas-SWE-1: winter into spring X-Habeas-SWE-2: brightly anticipated X-Habeas-SWE-3: like Habeas SWE (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-4: Copyright 2002 Habeas (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-5: Sender Warranted Email (SWE) (tm). The sender of this X-Habeas-SWE-6: email in exchange for a license for this Habeas X-Habeas-SWE-7: warrant mark warrants that this is a Habeas Compliant X-Habeas-SWE-8: Message (HCM) and not spam. Please report use of this X-Habeas-SWE-9: mark in spam to . MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1367 Lines: 39 On Sun, 29 Jan 2006, Willy Tarreau wrote: > The purpose of -stable is to provide stable kernels to 2.6 users. If time > was not a problem, it's possible that there would be even more versions > supported. Mmmm, yup. I was there when this whole thing was brewed up ;) > The day you will install Linux on a server, you'll understand why it's > problematic for some people to upgrade to latest version to get fixes. Sure hope you're not implying I haven't done that before... > It's not a matter of saying "yes" or "no", it's a matter of helping > users in getting something which works best on their hardware while > still being reliable and secure. Maintainers propose some solutions for > this, and can adapt to users' demands. I don't see anything wrong with > this. Neither do I. To a great extent, that void is already filled by distro maintainers. ..Chuck.. -- http://www.quantumlinux.com Quantum Linux Laboratories, LLC. ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology "The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit." - FDR - 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/