Ian Jackson writes: > > Bruce Perens writes ("kernel crisis?"): > > I have a problem here. The binary interface of the 1.3.x kernel is > > diverging from the 1.2.13 system to the extent that it's difficult to > > keep one binary system that runs both kernels. > > This is clearly a Bad Thing. In a way it's easier for us because we > can provide scripts and things to sort out the mess, but the poor > masses out there are going to be very annoyed when they find their > systems unbootable because the binaries that worked with 1.2.x are > useable with 1.4. > > Hasn't anyone pointed out the need for backward compatibility to the > linux-kernel people ?
The linux kernel mailing list has been offline for several weeks afaik > > I hear that the net > > utils change for 1.3.4x too. I can keep tracking 1.2.13 for a while, I > > hope, with help. Perhaps we should hint to Linus that it's time to go > > to 1.4 and try to arrive at a stable version. Just as long as they > > first make scsi drivers probe the bus when they are loaded from > > modules. > > The accounting and quota patches should make it into 1.4. They've > been stable and waiting to go in for quite a while. Personally I'd be surprised if we got a 1.4 before january, I'd say we've probably got another 20 patches of 1.3 to go at least, it's only just become stable since about 39. Andrew -- Dehydration - 34%, Recollection of previous evening - 2%, embarrassment factor - 91%. Advise repair schedule:- off line for 36 hours, re-boot startup disk, and replace head - wow, what a night! -- Kryten in Red Dwarf `The Last Day' Andrew Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perth, Western Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED]