From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263956AbTLATuL (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 14:50:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263957AbTLATuL (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 14:50:11 -0500 Received: from havoc.gtf.org ([63.247.75.124]:28394 "EHLO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263956AbTLATuF (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 14:50:05 -0500 Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 14:49:05 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik To: Thomas Babut Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Clean up older Kernels Message-ID: <20031201194905.GB7273@gtf.org> References: <000001c3b843$04f94330$5f00a8c0@tomek.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000001c3b843$04f94330$5f00a8c0@tomek.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 08:40:47PM +0100, Thomas Babut wrote: > Hi, > > perhaps my question is unusual, but why do you not clean up the older Linux > Kernels? > > The Kernel 2.0.39 is the last stable one, but there is also a 2.0.40-rc6. So > why not releasing it as stable 2.0.40 (final)? And Alan Cox isn't active any > more for some time and the ac-Patches are very old. They could be removed, > or not? 2.0.x has a maintainer, David Winehall(sp?) IIRC. Poke him... :) I agree, might as well put out 2.0.40... Jeff