From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760267AbXKHGVD (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Nov 2007 01:21:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751358AbXKHGUx (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Nov 2007 01:20:53 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:53223 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751295AbXKHGUx (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Nov 2007 01:20:53 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [poll] Is the megafreeze development model broken? Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 22:18:51 -0800 Organization: Linux Foundation Message-ID: <20071107221851.0d831573@freepuppy.rosehill> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 069-064-229-129.pdx.net In-Reply-To: X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.10.14; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:56:57 +0100 ciol wrote: > Hi, I'd like to ask you a few questions: > > * Do you like the way linux distributions integrate the kernel? > > * Wouldn't you prefer they ship with the stable and still maintained > 2.6.16.X, while providing optionally the latest kernel for those who > want or just have a new hardware? > > * Do you think the megafreeze development model [1] and the "I don't > trust in upstream" development model are broken? (And why) > > > > [1] http://www.modeemi.fi/~tuomov/b/archives/2007/03/03/T19_15_26/ > > > (I'm going to ask this for several projects, not only the kernel) > It's a free world, do what you want. -- Stephen Hemminger