From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267793AbUGWP0z (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:26:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267794AbUGWP0z (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:26:55 -0400 Received: from web52904.mail.yahoo.com ([206.190.39.181]:57753 "HELO web52904.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S267793AbUGWP0x (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:26:53 -0400 Message-ID: <20040723152421.52282.qmail@web52904.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:24:21 +0200 (CEST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?szonyi=20calin?= Subject: Re: A users thoughts on the new dev. model To: "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --- "H. Peter Anvin" a écrit : > Followup to: > By author: Bill Davidsen > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Thus: > > - Andrew will put experimental patches into -mm; > - Andrew will continue to forward-port 2.6 mainstream fixes > to > -mm; > - Patches which have proven themselves stable and useful get > backported to 2.6; > - If the delta between 2.6 and -mm becomes too great we'll > consider a hard fork AT THAT TIME, i.e. fork lazily instead > of the past model of forking eagerly. > > Why the change? Because the model already has proven itself, > and > shown itself to be more functional than what we've had in the > past. > 2.6 is probably the most stable mainline tree we've had since > 1.2 or > so, and yet Linus and Andrew process *lots* of changes. The > -mm tree > has become a very effective filter for what should go into > mainline, > whereas the odd-number forks generally *haven't* been, because > backporting to mainline has usually been an afterthought. > > I for one welcome our new -mm overlords. > > -hpa Thank you for clarifying this. So linux 2.6 from kernel.org stay stable. And 2.6x-mm is like a 2.7 development tree (thought not that experimental ;-) ) >>From the LWM story i understood that linux will be like windows: lots of "features" but no stability, except if you use a distribution kernel. And that seriously made me think about using another free *nix for a stable system. Calin ===== -- A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in. Kim Alm on a.s.r. Vous manquez d’espace pour stocker vos mails ? Yahoo! Mail vous offre GRATUITEMENT 100 Mo ! Créez votre Yahoo! Mail sur http://fr.benefits.yahoo.com/ Le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger est arrivé ! Découvrez toutes les nouveautés pour dialoguer instantanément avec vos amis. A télécharger gratuitement sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com