Re: Linux 2.6.9-rc1

From: Denis Vlasenko
Date: Fri Aug 27 2004 - 16:58:22 EST


On Friday 27 August 2004 15:45, Horst von Brand wrote:
> Denis Vlasenko <vda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>
> [...]
>
> > Think about a user who can't risk moving to 2.6.9.1.
> > [S]he wants to use 2.6.8.n+1 which have only one more fix.
>
> They get a distribution kernel, which presumably has survived extensive
> beating.

"Train goes from A to B..."
"But, teacher, why does it go to B?"

I said that some person may use 2.6.8.n in a critical application
and dare not change *anything* except that one known good bugfix.

Are you trying to say that such person cannot possibly exist?
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vda

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