Re: Kernel 2.6 may not be stable!!!

On Thursday 22 July 2004 10:04 am, dhull wrote:
> I hope I=92m not sounding the alarm for nothing but after reading
> slashdot this morning I'm a little concerned. According to a post on
> slashdot there will be no 2.7 kernel for testing. Linus and the
> maintainers of the 2.6 kernel are continuing to use 2.6 for
> development.
>
> The following was taken from: http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3513
>
> "Andrew's vision, as expressed at the summit, is that the mainline
> kernel will be the fastest and most feature-rich kernel around, but
> not, necessarily, the most stable. Final stabilization is to be done
> by distributors (as happens now, really), but the distributors are
> expected to merge their patches quickly."
>
>
> What do they mean, =93not, necessarily, the most stable=94 and =93final
> stabilization is to be done by the distributors=94?
>
> I consider my self an advanced Linux users but this is getting out of
> hand. The kernel already has more options then I know what to do
> with. Now I=92ve got to figure out what makes up a stable kernel.
>
> Well, if someone figures out what=92s going on here let me know. I=92ve
> got to go compile a kernel.

If you have questions concerning the 2.6.x kernel series, stick with the=20
2.4.x branch. There are some on this list that can give a more=20
definitive answer but my take is, its business as usual.
=2D-=20
Greg Madden
Precision Air Balance, Inc.
Phone: 907-276-0461
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Received on Thu Jul 22 21:44:38 2004