Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964934AbXAWNi7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:38:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965085AbXAWNi7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:38:59 -0500 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.186]:24235 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965068AbXAWNi6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:38:58 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Gw9yPDAJQ+i3qrrYNaEwhenP6bY2Z87T7aUyRTKz0glNth/M2d9cbfj7z4RSv1dHmWUGuJYzVuXo/lRDCwkZG+K/uIWLTLVSF2ohYL8HHPld0mip1yJisbihoNCpm3qP1G1GgBbxlqLtRJuyisi/DQBSaB2sARty9x6i7GIBZE0= Message-ID: <8355959a0701230538m2f1201b6u49853e65d4c69a57@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:08:56 +0530 From: "Sunil Naidu" To: lkml Subject: Re: [Proposal] 2.6.18-stable release plans? Cc: "Chuck Ebbert" , "Jesper Juhl" , "Chris Wright" In-Reply-To: <9a8748490701221623q1b61f03fva7b0ad7e7f30316f@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <45B53722.9030206@redhat.com> <9a8748490701221623q1b61f03fva7b0ad7e7f30316f@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1593 Lines: 47 On 1/23/07, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > Now that 2.6.19 is out, most likely not. -stable releases are made > for the latest stable 2.6.x kernel, once 2.6.x+1 is out that's the one > -stable patches are made for (2.6.16 is an exception).. Earlier I was going through the stable paches which apply for these kernel version: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_19 http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_18 http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_16 I have to dig deep into the patch & kernel version to understand what are the features/implementations or fixes (patch). Problem here is 2 ways:- 1) Identifying which is a better kernel (features) for Desktop/Embedded/Server (I know, info mentioned in Changelog. But still...) 2) Easily knowing which stable patch applies for which arch or sub system (better way) Proposal: Can maintainers implement this for better understanding of the Linux community (picking the best kernel or patch for the requirement) by adding a column on www.kernel.org home page? Examples: The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is: 2.6.19.2 *networking subsystem* 2007-01-10 19:11 UTC F V VI C Changelog The latest prepatch for the stable Linux kernel tree is: 2.6.20-rc5 *x86 32/64* 2007-01-12 19:29 UTC B V VI C Changelog > -- > Jesper Juhl Thanks, Akula2 - 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/