From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] binfmt_misc.c, kernel-2.4.12
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 22:37:13 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <26403.1003754233@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 22 Oct 2001 08:15:45 -0400." <Pine.GSO.4.21.0110220811210.2294-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu>
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 08:15:45 -0400 (EDT),
Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu> wrote:
>On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Keith Owens wrote:
>
>> Please, no more 2.4 changes. Let Linus get 2.4 stable, fork 2.5 so we
>> can break it on a daily basis then backport to 2.4 when it works.
>
>and
>
>> -ac kernels? And have that behaviour depending on which version of
>> modutils the user installed? Not in 2.4, modutils strives for
>> stability in production kernels, it is an important interface between
>> the kernel and user space.
>
>Correct me if I'm wrong, but two quotes above seem to contradict each other
>- AFAICS arguments in the latter apply to backporting...
I left out a phrase. "backport to 2.4 when it works and does not
affect 2.4 compatibility". That is a given on modutils, I won't
consider anything that breaks modutils compatibility on any kernel from
2.4 right down to 2.0. modutils 2.5 can shatter into tiny pieces, not
a problem.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-22 12:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-19 11:54 [PATCH] binfmt_misc.c, kernel-2.4.12 Albert Bartoszko
2001-10-19 12:54 ` Alexander Viro
2001-10-19 13:32 ` Richard Guenther
2001-10-19 18:48 ` Alexander Viro
2001-10-19 21:35 ` Richard Guenther
2001-10-19 22:00 ` Alexander Viro
2001-10-22 6:00 ` Albert Bartoszko
2001-10-22 6:47 ` Alexander Viro
2001-10-22 7:42 ` Keith Owens
2001-10-22 8:05 ` Alexander Viro
2001-10-22 8:21 ` Keith Owens
2001-10-22 8:33 ` Alexander Viro
2001-10-22 9:19 ` Keith Owens
2001-10-22 9:34 ` Alexander Viro
2001-10-22 9:55 ` Alexander Viro
2001-10-22 11:17 ` Keith Owens
2001-10-22 11:33 ` Alexander Viro
2001-10-22 11:52 ` Keith Owens
2001-10-22 12:15 ` Alexander Viro
2001-10-22 12:37 ` Keith Owens [this message]
2001-10-22 15:56 ` bill davidsen
2001-10-22 15:47 ` bill davidsen
2001-10-22 17:24 ` Andrew Morton
2001-10-22 17:50 ` Alexander Viro
2001-10-23 9:28 ` Albert Bartoszko
2001-10-21 15:26 ` Alan Cox
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