Re: Linux 2.4.18

[Felix Seeger <felix.seeger@gmx.de>]

Am Dienstag, 26. Februar 2002 17:46:17 schrieb Stephan von Krawczynski:
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:18:46 -0300 (BRT)
>
> Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br> wrote:
> > [...]
> > The patch which I missed only breaks static apps on _some_ architectures
> > (not including x86).
>
> This statement is not very nice. You obviously classify these architectures
> as minor important. At least not important enough to give them a release
> version as bugfree as possible at the given time. You shouldn't do that,
> don't focus on what you classify the "mainstream" too much. As stated
> before, there is no problem with making mistakes. You only have to handle
> the situation in an intelligent manner _and_ aware of the power given to
> you. In my eyes, the clean choice would have been 2.4.19 release.
> [...]
> Regards,
> Stephan

Mhm, I'm not a kernel developer but I think that people how need the newest 
kernel can also use a patch. In this case 2.4.19 pre1 which doesn't need much 
time.

So I see no Problem.
I think Marcelo does his work well.

If anyone needs a new kernel, your dist will have well tested working kernels 
for your arch.

If a person has a special arch, he must know how to patch a kernel.


So there is no need to make special things for __any__ architecture.
The final release is fine and very usefull, but if you have problems with it, 
you should be able to use the pre versions from the next release.


I only write this, because I don't like it that people say: The 2.4.x is too 
buggy, you miss some of the other archs, I need a wallpaper in the background 
of my xconfig.

I am a user, I make mistakes with the configuration of the kernel.
I use new kernel, but if something goes wrong I know that it's my fault, 
because I don't want to wait.

Mhm, should be enough ;)

thanks for all people who work on Open Source products

have fun
Felix Seeger