From: Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@cyclades.com>
Organization: Cyclades Corporation
To: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.16.14
Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 13:03:31 +1000
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Hi.

On Friday 05 May 2006 12:33, Chris Wright wrote:
> * Nigel Cunningham (ncunningham@cyclades.com) wrote:
> > Is this supposed to be some sort of subtle pressure on Linus to open 2.=
7?
> > :>
>
> He does every couple months and leaves it open for a few weeks.
> Then, just to keep us guessing, he releases it with a 2.6 name ;-)
>
> Actually, I think the system is working quite well.  We've got a quick
> route for getting bug fixes and security fixes to users, and a shorter
> devel cycle helping distro folks get more regular drops from upstream.
> This particular patch applies all the way back to the beginning of git
> time (over a year ago), and I'm sure earlier.  So it's hard to conclude
> it's a byproduct of the release cycles.

:) Tongue was firmly in cheek. I guess I should have said more initially. I=
t=20
wasn't so much the patch, as the speed with which they're coming. It makes =
me=20
(at least) feel like the stable series is unstable. Couldn't you store them=
=20
up for a day or two at a time (unless of course they really are that=20
important that they require a quicker cycle).

Regards,

Nigel

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