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Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 23:28:27 +0100
From: Lars Marowsky-Bree <lmb@suse.de>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas.Duffy.99@alumni.brown.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.18
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On 2002-02-25T14:16:50,
   "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com> said:

> I think the benefits of not screwing up the real release
> are larger than this inconvenience.

Well, I would suggest to have a second look at the final releases to check for
these minor issues; a second pair of eyes couldn't hurt.

> As a side note I also think it's silly that we can't just "fix up"
> when a slight error is made like this.  In the worst possible case one
> could make a real quick "2.4.18a" release that had things fixed.

Yes.

Sincerely,
    Lars Marowsky-Br?e <lmb@suse.de>

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