From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3794D221.149CF3FC@wanadoo.fr> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 21:46:41 +0200 From: Martin Costabel MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Rini CC: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Is the vger 2.2 kernel branch dead References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Tom Rini wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Neil Piercy wrote: > > > From: Tom Rini > > > > > On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Johnnie Peters wrote: > > > > > > Try putting 'em vs 2.3.x. I think right now the push is to fix all the > > > little annoyances/problems that we're stuck w/ in 2.2.x and move forward > > > in 2.3.x. Then backport things later on. > > > > I thought 2.2.x was meant to be the stable branch and 2.3.x the dev ? It > > seems strange to back-port fixes to known bugs in the stable branch from a > > dev branch which is frequently broken - or do I misunderstand ? Stable > > doesnt equal frozen in my book. > > 2.2.x is for obvious and correct stuff, important fixes and the like. > Some of the stuff no doubt belongs in 2.2.x. Other things I've seen go > past (Hotswap PCI) is most definatly a 2.3.x thing (IMHO) and might need > some work to be accepted by linus (as hotswap is a generic thing, but i > didn't look over that patch very well). Of course another problem is > making sure Cort or Paul actually sees the patch and doesn't accidently > just delete it. I know Cort gave some people who asked accounts on > linuxppc.cs.nmt.edu for patches, and I think there's a place anyone can > upload... Is anyone in the PPC camp actually following the vger 2.3.x branch? I am asking because since almost a month this branch hasn't compiled on my ppc any more, due to some obvious bugs. Maybe it is better to wait until the dust from that page-cache adventure has settled? -- Martin [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. Please check http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ]] [[ and http://www.linuxppc.org/ for useful information before posting. ]]