From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.5.75
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 17:12:43 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0307101709360.5091-100000@home.osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <p73isqaos29.fsf@oldwotan.suse.de>
On 11 Jul 2003, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
> >
> > Also, the only real point of a stable release is for distribution makers.
> > That pretty much cuts the list of "needs to be supported" down to x86,
> > ia64, x86-64 and possibly sparc/alpha.
>
> No ppc, ppc64, s390?
Do we have distributions that intend to make releases using those? I
suspect not, but hey, don't get me wrong: I'd love to see them working
out-of-the-box.
It's purely a matter of priorities. The only architecture that really
_has_ to be stable is x86. Others are determined largely by whether they
get their own testing done, and companies and individuals being willing to
put the resources down.
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-07-10 23:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20030710223548.A20214@flint.arm.linux.org.uk.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.44.0307101512350.4757-100000@home.osdl.org.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2003-07-10 23:55 ` Linux 2.5.75 Andi Kleen
2003-07-11 0:12 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2003-07-11 0:55 ` Paul Mackerras
2003-07-11 8:42 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-11 10:27 ` Lars Marowsky-Bree
2003-07-11 10:39 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-11 16:52 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-07-11 17:03 ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-07-12 19:20 ` Horst von Brand
2003-07-12 23:17 ` Jeff Garzik
[not found] <7TEe.Bz.21@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <7TNS.Kc.9@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-07-11 21:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2003-07-10 21:14 Linus Torvalds
2003-07-10 21:35 ` Russell King
2003-07-10 22:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-07-10 23:05 ` Russell King
2003-07-10 23:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-07-11 19:59 ` Horst von Brand
2003-07-10 23:30 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2003-07-10 23:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-07-10 23:46 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-07-10 23:40 ` Robert Love
2003-07-11 0:24 ` Diego Calleja García
2003-07-11 0:49 ` Wade
2003-07-11 7:09 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2003-07-11 15:46 ` Oliver Pitzeier
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