From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Thu, 31 May 2007 11:20:25 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:13251 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20025494AbXEaKUB (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 May 2007 11:20:01 +0100 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4VAJmrK022195 for ; Thu, 31 May 2007 11:19:51 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l4TD8YJi009949 for linux-mips@linux-mips.org; Tue, 29 May 2007 14:08:34 +0100 Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 14:08:34 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: -stable branches usage Message-ID: <20070529130833.GA4334@linux-mips.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 15197 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips It's probably not a surprise when I'm saying that maintaining all the -stable branches of 2.6.16..2.6.21 for MIPS is a major effort and increasingly simply a huge pain in the ... you know where due to the differences. So before I actually deciede when and which of the branches I'm going to dump I would like to poll who actually uses these -stable branches. Thanks, Ralf