Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 11:23:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 11:23:15 -0500 Received: from dsl-65-186-161-49.telocity.com ([65.186.161.49]:61197 "EHLO nic.osagesoftware.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 11:22:56 -0500 Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20011216111939.00e1eed0@mail.osagesoftware.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 11:22:53 -0500 To: lkml From: David Relson Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.17-rc1 In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20011216103506.00d94b90@mail.osagesoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org At 11:10 AM 12/16/01, John Alvord wrote: >You shouldn't fix every single defect, just the ones with wide >impact. Otherwise the rcX series could go on a long time. john John, Well said. Fix the show stoppers in the rcX series for 2.4.17. Leave the small ones for 2.4.18-preX. ... repeat above steps for 2.4.18-rcX and 2.4.19 ... repeat for ... ... iterate until time for 2.6.0 :-) David - 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/