Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932561AbWCOWxc (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:53:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932559AbWCOWxc (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:53:32 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:12772 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932554AbWCOWxb (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:53:31 -0500 Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:53:21 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt cc: Grant Coady , Willy Tarreau , Arjan van de Ven , j4K3xBl4sT3r , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Which kernel is the best for a small linux system? In-Reply-To: <20060314222131.GB3166@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Message-ID: References: <436c596f0603121640h4f286d53h9f1dd177fd0475a4@mail.gmail.com> <1142237867.3023.8.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <1142273212.3023.35.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20060314062144.GC21493@w.ods.org> <20060314222131.GB3166@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 796 Lines: 26 >> By stable I mean rate of change of codebase, patch volume per month, >> 2.6 is orders of magnitude less stable than 2.4 by that simple measure. > >That is no measure of stability. > Ack! Let's pick one: Although the exact numbers of patches per time for a specific software manufacturer - let's pick Microsoft as an example - is not known, it is usually low (two for this *month* afaics), compared to what hits lkml *each day*. Does that make their software more stable than Linux? I would have my doubts about that. Jan Engelhardt -- - 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/