Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.16.30-pre1
From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
To: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
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Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:57:56 -0400
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On Sat, 2006-09-23 at 22:49 +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> I will not use 2.6.16.y with its current rules, for sure, and I doubt
> any distribution will. Wasn't the whole point of 2.6.16.y to serve as
> a common base between several distributions? 

I would not expect distros to be interested in a 2.6 tree that does not
add support for new devices.  Isn't new hardware support one of the main
areas where distros routinely get ahead of mainline?

Lee

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