From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lars Marowsky-Bree Subject: Re: reiserfs on redhat advanced server? Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:29:03 +0100 Message-ID: <20030131122903.GF15359@marowsky-bree.de> References: <20030130173522.3aa4d0e1.pegasus@nerv.eu.org> <3E397A19.60409@namesys.com> <20030130234142.E8448@vestdata.no> <3E3A6071.6060102@namesys.com> <20030131115333.GC15359@marowsky-bree.de> <20030131150852.A14386@t-raenon.nmd.msu.ru> <3E3A6A27.4060206@namesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E3A6A27.4060206@namesys.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: Hans Reiser , flx@msu.ru Cc: Ragnar Kj?rstad , Jure Pecar , reiserfs-list@namesys.com On 2003-01-31T15:20:55, Hans Reiser said: > Most companies do indeed have a real need for tech support. If the=20 > distros don't support official stable linux kernels, it is a serious=20 > social problem for our community, as it will substantially reduce the=20 > user base for those kernels in corporate environments. It is especially = > a problem if the largest vendor does it. Distros can't support multiple trees; too much support load. If you run a vanilla kernel, use the vanilla channels, most of the time. And notice how = the _community_ doesn't support the distro kernels either, strange isn't it? ;-) Just the way it is: You ship it, you support it. You don't ship it, you don= 't support it (at least not without higher fees). (And the kernel hackers of the vendors _do_ support such kernels on LKML et= c, and you know that: Just not as part of the 'official' support, maintenance = and certification contracts) And I don't see the social problem. I recall that a certain filesystem got quite a bit of exposure and testing this way, and in the end was merged into the vanilla kernel tree. What was it called again?=20 So it seems to work out quite well in the end for both sides, even if it wo= uld be great if we didn't have to; trust me, we would have better use for our kernel hackers. Sincerely, Lars Marowsky-Br=E9e --=20 Principal Squirrel=20 SuSE Labs - Research & Development, SuSE Linux AG =20 "If anything can go wrong, it will." "Chance favors the prepared (mind)." -- Capt. Edward A. Murphy -- Louis Pasteur