From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262340AbVAJQyF (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:54:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262341AbVAJQw2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:52:28 -0500 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:19176 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262335AbVAJQvn (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:51:43 -0500 Message-Id: <200501101650.j0AGoP5t030855@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> To: Adam Sampson cc: L A Walsh , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Reviving the concept of a stable series In-Reply-To: Message from Adam Sampson of "Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:44:08 -0000." X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.0.4; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 15) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:50:25 -0300 From: Horst von Brand X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.7.4 (inti.inf.utfsm.cl [200.1.21.155]); Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:50:29 -0300 (CLST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Adam Sampson said: > L A Walsh writes: > > If you have a better way of creating a stable series of kernels > > coming off kernel.org, I'm not attached to any specific method of > > "how". > One option would be a "Linux Legacy" project, similar to the Fedora > Legacy project that backports updates to old Red Hat/Fedora Core > releases: a central service that'd collect bug fixes for released > kernels that distributors could then base their kernels on. That way, > we'd get the stability advantages of vendor kernels without needing to > repeat the effort for each distribution. Didn't happen with 2.0, 2.2, or 2.4. I'd guess it won't happen for 2.6 either. > Maybe some of the distribution vendors might be interested in setting > up something like this? I have seen absolutely no interest from distributions in leaving the current 2.6 development model. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513