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From: Andrew Ebling <andrew_ebling@tao-group.com>
To: torvalds@transmeta.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] 2.4.11-dontuse packages
Date: 30 Oct 2001 13:33:41 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1004448821.485.24.camel@spinel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011030074542.B5714@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net>
In-Reply-To: <1004445089.485.17.camel@spinel>  <20011030074542.B5714@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net>


> Why don't you just assume that "dontuse" is the standard way to
> indicate a bad kernel, and ask Linus to use that convention in the
> future.  Since you want a way to warn users, this solution meets all
> needs nicely.
> 
> Of course, you have to convince Linus to be consistent in the
> future, but I bet this will be easier than convincing him to change
> something he's already done.  ;-)

Linus, Alan,

Would you be willing to make the "dontuse" suffix a consistent way of
indicating bad kernels in the ftp archives?

I am adding features to the patch-kernel script and would like to use
this as a test to trigger a warning and/or abort.

best regards,

Andrew Ebling


  reply	other threads:[~2001-10-30 13:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20011030074542.B5714@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net>
2001-10-30 12:31 ` Andrew Ebling
2001-10-30 13:33   ` Andrew Ebling [this message]
2001-10-30 14:01     ` Alan Cox
2001-10-30 13:35   ` Chris Meadors

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