From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262659AbVF2VC2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:02:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262639AbVF2VBE (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:01:04 -0400 Received: from khan.acc.umu.se ([130.239.18.139]:26031 "EHLO khan.acc.umu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262648AbVF2VAf (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:00:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:00:28 +0200 From: David Weinehall To: Jesper Juhl Cc: Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.13-rc1 Message-ID: <20050629210028.GO16867@khan.acc.umu.se> Mail-Followup-To: Jesper Juhl , Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List References: <9a874849050629123150462099@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9a874849050629123150462099@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Editor: Vi Improved X-Accept-Language: Swedish, English X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7ACE 0FB0 7A74 F994 9B36 E1D1 D14E 8526 DC47 CA16 X-GPG-Key: http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/files/pub_dc47ca16.gpg.asc Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 09:31:53PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: > On 6/29/05, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > [...] > > > > Anyway, I really don't want to drag out 2.6.13 as long as 2.6.12 took, and > > we don't have any reason to anyway, so let's try to see if we can calm > > things down again, and people who are thinking about writing new code > > might think about spending some quality time looking at the existing code > > and patches instead. > > > [...] > > > > That sounds like a really good idea. If 2.6.13 could get out the door > fairly quickly and be the result of everyone saying "let's make this a > rock solid kernel and shake all the bugs out" that would be great.. A > sort of 2.6.12 on stabilizers ;) > I know I'll be doing my bit to fix some of the minor bits. I don't think the combination of an almost 3MB diff vs 2.6.12 and a fairly quick release is going to end up being a rock solid kernel. =) But I hope I'm wrong. Regards: David -- /) David Weinehall /) Northern lights wander (\ // Maintainer of the v2.0 kernel // Dance across the winter sky // \) http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ (/ Full colour fire (/