Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759336AbXFZThc (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:37:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757337AbXFZThX (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:37:23 -0400 Received: from rk.rkuhn.info ([88.198.164.84]:51114 "EHLO mailhost.rkuhn.info" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756770AbXFZThW (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:37:22 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 2005 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:37:21 EDT In-Reply-To: <200706261637.22820.zoltan.hubert@zzaero.com> References: <200706212349.54983.zoltan.hubert@zzaero.com> <200706220057.33984.zoltan.hubert@zzaero.com> <4680FFB8.8020200@aitel.hist.no> <200706261637.22820.zoltan.hubert@zzaero.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Apple-Mail-18-566473505" Message-Id: <6FD45914-1793-45D5-B0A1-F5D32ED38017@e18.physik.tu-muenchen.de> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Roland Kuhn Subject: Re: Please release a stable kernel Linux 3.0 Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:03:39 +0200 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Zolt=E1n_HUBERT?= X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 1.1.2 (Tiger) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2319 Lines: 68 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --Apple-Mail-18-566473505 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Zoltan! On 26 Jun 2007, at 16:37, Zolt=E1n HUBERT wrote: >> If your vendor don't want to support you anymore, try >> getting the source. > > I was asking for a stable kernel, like 2.4, 2.2, 2.0 were > before. 2.6 is not. It's a great kernel, better than that > of MacOS X, I never said you were doing a bad job, quite > the contrary. I wouldn't be using Linux since 10 years if I > thought it stinks. I never asked support for closed source > drivers, only a stable kernel. > > Whatever "stable" means. > What you mean by "stable" pretty much excludes any serious =20 development, without which the Linux kernel would very soon be =20 obsolete. If you want a stable system, then don't change it. If you =20 update to a kernel which is 2.5 years newer, you simply cannot have =20 stability, because that would mean stagnation, aka "death". Ciao, Roland -- TU Muenchen, Physik-Department E18, James-Franck-Str., 85748 Garching Telefon 089/289-12575; Telefax 089/289-12570 -- CERN office: 892-1-D23 phone: +41 22 7676540 mobile: +41 76 487 4482 -- Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. - Benjamin Franklin -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GS/CS/M/MU d-(++) s:+ a-> C+++ UL++++ P+++ L+++ E(+) W+ !N K- w--- M=20 + !V Y+ PGP++ t+(++) 5 R+ tv-- b+ DI++ e+++>++++ h---- y+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ --Apple-Mail-18-566473505 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-description: This is a digitally signed message part content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) iD8DBQFGgWMWI4MWO8QIRP0RAgtHAJ9NM5OKh3UCq5qLDd9vkuZjQVK+qgCgh0Yx 2YfxxxaO/4UJIzpZxSpzFyU= =miV6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-18-566473505-- - 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/