From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264233AbTLAVUZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:20:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264238AbTLAVUZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:20:25 -0500 Received: from web40911.mail.yahoo.com ([66.218.78.208]:56412 "HELO web40911.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264233AbTLAVUS (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:20:18 -0500 Message-ID: <20031201212013.62049.qmail@web40911.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 13:20:13 -0800 (PST) From: Bradley Chapman Subject: Re: Clean up older Kernels To: Jeff Garzik Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20031201205001.GA14720@gtf.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mr. Garzik, --- Jeff Garzik wrote: > On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 12:32:46PM -0800, Bradley Chapman wrote: > > Mr. Garzik, > > > > > > 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... > > > > I've been wondering about this too, but I was afraid to ask first :-) > > > > When 2.6 is officially released as a stable kernel and 2.4 is relegated to > security/ > > bugfix-only status, what will happen to 2.0 and 2.2? Obviously, they won't be > > totally ignored for support reasons (not everyone uses 2.4 - see > counter.li.org), > > but what will Mr. Anvin do to the frontpage of kernel.org? > > I don't see there being any radical change... Alan still puts out 2.2 > security fixes occasionally, and the older Linux kernels will _always_ > be archived on ftp.kernel.org. They're not going away... :) And they shouldn't -- there's no reason for them to disappear from the site. I'm just wondering if Mr. Anvin will reorganize things so that the hierarchy of kernels is: 2.6, 2.6-pre, 2.6-ac, 2.4, 2.4-pre, 2.2, 2.2-pre, 2.0, 2.0-pre. Or will he leave things as they are? Brad ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/