Re: Linux 2.6.16.14

[Alistair John Strachan]

On Friday 05 May 2006 03:33, Chris Wright wrote:
> * Nigel Cunningham (ncunningham@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > Is this supposed to be some sort of subtle pressure on Linus to open 2.7?
> > :>
>
> He does every couple months and leaves it open for a few weeks.
> Then, just to keep us guessing, he releases it with a 2.6 name ;-)
>
> Actually, I think the system is working quite well.  We've got a quick
> route for getting bug fixes and security fixes to users, and a shorter
> devel cycle helping distro folks get more regular drops from upstream.

I think it's working extremely well. When it comes to security fixes, I want 
them as soon as possible. There's no sense batching them.

The only thing to be careful of is that -stable fixes (or complete reworks) 
get merged with mainline, so the trees don't go out of sync. So far this 
seems to have been OK.

-- 
Cheers,
Alistair.

Third year Computer Science undergraduate.
1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.
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