From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <9909281839.AA40920@marc.watson.ibm.com> To: Kevin_Hendricks Cc: hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: 2.2.13 build OOB?; need for some standardization here? In-Reply-To: Message from Kevin_Hendricks of "Tue, 28 Sep 1999 14:08:13 EDT." <199909281810.NAA06999@lists.linuxppc.org> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 14:39:11 -0400 From: David Edelsohn Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: >>>>> Kevin Hendricks writes: Kevin> I think we should either fix the way Linus and company decides when to release a Kevin> stable version, or get our own "Alan Cox" to act as shepard over our own stable Kevin> "ppc" kernel tree and make that person "official". I tend to agree with Kevin here. The Linux core kernel developers need to improve their release engineering process. I realize that Linux/PPC was on the fringe for a long time, and both Paul and Cort have done a lot of excellent work these past few months adding functionality and improving the overall design. This rapid development makes it hard for Linus and company to keep up. However, x86 development should not break PowerPC and other ports as much as I have seen. PowerPC and other architectures are becoming more important and demonstrating the diversity of Linux. The breakage and instability does not cast a good light on bazaar-style development model and Linux when we are trying to broaden the Linux market. David ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/