From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: should in-tree kernel source accommodate older kernel versions?
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:46:05 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070717214604.GJ14791@parisc-linux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707171718450.18509@localhost.localdomain>
On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 05:36:45PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 05:22:56PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > > should kernel source that's in the current source tree still try to
> > > accommodate older kernel versions? as an example, this is from
> >
> > This has been discussed before, and the current thinking is to
> > remove support for versions of the kernel older than 2.6.0.
>
> *that* part was self-evident. i'm talking more specifically about
> older versions of 2.6.x, in particular features that aren't even
> *supported* anymore in the current tree.
You'll find people very resistant to patches that remove support for
older 2.6.x kernels.
--
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-17 21:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-17 21:22 should in-tree kernel source accommodate older kernel versions? Robert P. J. Day
2007-07-17 21:33 ` Matthew Wilcox
2007-07-17 21:36 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-07-17 21:46 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2007-07-18 9:53 ` Robert P. J. Day
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