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From: Kain X <kain@kain.org>
To: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Breaking system configuration in stable kernels
Date: 08 Oct 2001 13:35:22 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1002569722.1733.3.camel@noir> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1011008113808.27023A-100000@gatekeeper.tmr.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1011008113808.27023A-100000@gatekeeper.tmr.com>

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On Mon, 2001-10-08 at 09:54, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>   I've beaten this dead horse before, but Linux will not look to
> management like a viable candidate for default o/s until whoever releases
> new versions of *stable* kernel series with cosmetic changes which break
> existing systems running earlier releases of the same stable kernel
> series.
This is why there are *distributions*.  If you're going to be upgrading
straight from the devloper's mouth, you should be prepared to check for
these errata *when you upgrade*.  I don't recall seeing any kernel
document that guarantees stability for anything but base APIs in any
(pure) kernel distribution I have ever seen.			
-- 
The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.
 -- John Gilmore
**
Amateur Nuclear Specialist
Bryon Roche, Kain <kain@imperativesoultions.com>
<kain@kain.org>

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  reply	other threads:[~2001-10-08 19:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-10-08 15:54 Breaking system configuration in stable kernels Bill Davidsen
2001-10-08 19:35 ` Kain X [this message]
2001-10-09 20:00 ` Tim Moore
2001-10-09 20:13 ` Tim Moore
2001-10-15 22:19   ` Bill Davidsen
     [not found] <01Oct8.234022edt.62391@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca>
2001-10-09 18:55 ` Bill Davidsen
2001-10-09 19:30   ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-10-11 18:15     ` bill davidsen
2001-10-11 20:54       ` Doug McNaught
2001-10-12  2:18         ` Horst von Brand
     [not found] <007e01c152c7$2f7d39b0$1a01a8c0@allyourbase>
2001-10-15 21:43 ` Bill Davidsen

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