From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264337AbTLBUND (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 15:13:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264352AbTLBUKw (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 15:10:52 -0500 Received: from lenin.net ([192.31.21.154]:49074 "HELO lenin.nu") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264354AbTLBUKl (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 15:10:41 -0500 Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:10:40 -0800 From: "Peter C. Norton" To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Ian Kent , Marcelo Tosatti , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.4 future Message-ID: <20031202201040.GX18176@lenin.nu> References: <20031201153316.B3879@infradead.org> <20031201213651.GK18176@lenin.nu> <1070322894.5260.5.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1070322894.5260.5.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 12:54:54AM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 22:36, Peter C. Norton wrote: > ` > > encouraging the distros to get behind autofs4 (hint hint, redhat, > > hint). > > I suspect you'll have a really hard time finding ANY distro that still > wants to actively develop new products on a 2.4 codebase. Perhaps, but some rather large customers of AS2.1, would like it if redhat could deliver the large outstanding automounting features for their (mainly sun) environments. Since these environments resist change, upgrading a kernel to include a newer autofs4 is more likely than upgrading the whole system. -Peter -- The 5 year plan: In five years we'll make up another plan. Or just re-use this one.