From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261333AbVABUxd (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:53:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261336AbVABUxd (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:53:33 -0500 Received: from dns.toxicfilms.tv ([150.254.37.24]:30871 "EHLO dns.toxicfilms.tv") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261333AbVABUxS (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:53:18 -0500 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: solt2@dns.toxicfilms.tv via dns X-Qmail-Scanner-Rcpt-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.23 (Clear:RC:0(213.238.100.82):. Processed in 0.134412 secs) Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 22:01:51 +0100 From: Maciej Soltysiak X-Mailer: The Bat! (v3.0.1.33) UNREG / CD5BF9353B3B7091 Reply-To: Maciej Soltysiak X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1833976182.20050102220151@dns.toxicfilms.tv> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re[2]: starting with 2.7 In-Reply-To: <20050102203615.GL29332@holomorphy.com> References: <1697129508.20050102210332@dns.toxicfilms.tv> <20050102203615.GL29332@holomorphy.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello William, Sunday, January 2, 2005, 9:36:15 PM, you wrote: > I have a plan to never ever stop experimental code, which is to > actually move on the 2.6.x.y strategy if no one else does and these > kinds of complaints remain persistent and become more widespread. Well, personally I like the 2.6.x.y idea. > There is a standard. Breaking things and hoping someone cleans up > later doesn't work. So it has to be stable all the time anyway, and > this is one of the observations upon which the "2.6 forever" theme is > based. Hm, now that I think about it, it has an advantage. eg. No problems for other people with maintaining code for 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, ... Anyway, starting with other trees like 2.7 sends a signal to people, that something huge is going to happen. Like totally new ideas that require to change the APIs, rewrite all the drivers (I know nobody likes that, really) etc... I was asking If something like this is about to happen. Is a stockpile of things like this building up? -- Maciej