Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel

From: Matthias Andree
Date: Tue Dec 06 2005 - 06:27:30 EST


On Mon, 05 Dec 2005, Bill Davidsen wrote:

> If a firm policy of not removing supported features until 2.7 was
> adopted I don't see a problem. The bulk of the instability (not

I do - the problem is someone will let it bit-rot for a few releases and
then declare it broken. Remember ATAPI CD writing vs. DMA?

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Matthias Andree
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