On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 03:38:22AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > The pertinent question for a point release (2.6.X.Y) would simply be > "does a 2.6.11 user really need this fix?"
"need this fix bad enough now, or can it wait until 2.6.12?" > >Like I previously said, I think we're doing a great job. The current > >-mm staging area could use some more testers to help weed out the real > >issues, and we could do "real" releases a bit faster than every 2 months > >or so. But other than that, we have adapted over the years to handle > >this extremely high rate of change in a pretty sane manner. > > I think Linus's "even/odd" proposal is an admission that 2.6.X releases > need some important fixes after it hits kernel.org. I agree. > Otherwise 2.6.X is simply a constantly indeterminent state. Heh, true, but all software is in that state :) > We need to serve users, not just make life easier for kernel developers ;-) Damm those pesky users. Without them our life would be so much easier... greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/