From: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
To: Alex Howells <alex@bytemark.co.uk>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
stable@kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.27 will be a longtime supported kernel
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:58:11 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200810132358.11840.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48F3421E.6020001@bytemark.co.uk>
On Monday 13 October 2008 23:42, Alex Howells wrote:
> Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > It is intended to fill the niche for users who are not using
> > distribution kernels but want to use a regression-free kernel for a
> > longer time. It might be a small part of the userbase, but after the
> > experiences with 2.6.16 I can say that there are quite a few users
> > who appreciate such an offering.
>
> Your work is very much appreciated, we use 2.6.16 extensively and are
> moving to base things off 2.6.27 for the future. It's nice to know
> it'll be supported for the foreseeable future.
Agreed, I think it is very useful work for many consumers of the
kernel.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-13 12:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-09 23:59 Linux 2.6.27 Linus Torvalds
2008-10-11 21:03 ` Linux 2.6.27 will be a longtime supported kernel Adrian Bunk
2008-10-12 4:02 ` [stable] " Greg KH
2008-10-12 4:10 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-10-12 7:00 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-10-13 11:27 ` Américo Wang
2008-10-13 12:37 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-10-14 20:10 ` Lennart Sorensen
2008-10-14 21:04 ` [stable] " Greg KH
2008-10-14 22:43 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-10-14 22:48 ` Jiri Kosina
2008-10-14 23:23 ` Greg KH
2008-10-14 23:03 ` Chris Friesen
2008-10-15 2:27 ` Greg KH
2008-10-13 12:42 ` Alex Howells
2008-10-13 12:58 ` Nick Piggin [this message]
2008-10-14 17:12 ` Chris Friesen
2008-11-13 22:46 ` Linux 2.6.27 Bill Davidsen
2008-11-14 15:30 ` Stefan Richter
2008-11-14 17:56 ` Bill Davidsen
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