From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932131AbVLCWe0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 17:34:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932154AbVLCWeZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 17:34:25 -0500 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:39870 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932131AbVLCWeZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 17:34:25 -0500 Subject: Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel From: Lee Revell To: Matthias Andree Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20051203222731.GC25722@merlin.emma.line.org> References: <20051203135608.GJ31395@stusta.de> <1133620598.22170.14.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20051203152339.GK31395@stusta.de> <20051203162755.GA31405@merlin.emma.line.org> <4391CEC7.30905@unsolicited.net> <1133630012.6724.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4391D335.7040008@unsolicited.net> <20051203175355.GL31395@stusta.de> <4391E52D.6020702@unsolicited.net> <20051203222731.GC25722@merlin.emma.line.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 17:34:20 -0500 Message-Id: <1133649261.5890.7.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 23:27 +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > A kernel that calls itself stable CAN NOT remove > features unless they had been critically broken from the beginning. So in your opinion we can't add support for new hardware to a stable kernel either because there's a chance of breaking something that worked before, which brings us right back to "stable" meaning "no progress allowed", which begs the question of why you want to upgrade at all. Lee