From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932132AbWATXWF (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:22:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932139AbWATXWE (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:22:04 -0500 Received: from ns.firmix.at ([62.141.48.66]:57836 "EHLO ns.firmix.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932132AbWATXWC (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:22:02 -0500 Subject: Re: Development tree, PLEASE? From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: Michael Loftis Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, dtor_core@ameritech.net, James Courtier-Dutton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <43D10FF8.8090805@superbug.co.uk> <6769FDC09295B7E6078A5089@d216-220-25-20.dynip.modwest.com> <30D11C032F1FC0FE9CA1CDFD@d216-220-25-20.dynip.modwest.com> <200601201903.k0KJ3qI7006425@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: http://www.firmix.at/ Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 00:20:51 +0100 Message-Id: <1137799251.3296.9.camel@gimli.at.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 12:10 -0700, Michael Loftis wrote: > --On January 20, 2006 2:03:52 PM -0500 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > > But you're perfectly happy to make the kernel developers do the > > equivalent thing when they have to maintain 2 forks (a stable and devel). > > Go back and look at the status of the 2.5 tree - there were *large* > > chunks of time when 2.4 or 2.5 would get an important bugfix, but the > > other tree wouldn't get it for *weeks* because of the hassle of > > cross-porting the patch. > > Weeks is better than never, and still better than commercial vendors. ;) Especially if someone else is doing the work (- to get back to the point). Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services