From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 17:34:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 17:34:29 -0500 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:49137 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 17:33:38 -0500 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 14:34:15 -0800 From: Mike Fedyk To: Jesper Juhl Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.18 - the missing patch issue Message-ID: <20020225223415.GA4393@matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: Jesper Juhl , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3C7AB9D5.9080906@dif.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3C7AB9D5.9080906@dif.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 11:25:25PM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote: > I suggest that instead of the previously proposed solutions an effort > should instead be made to release 2.4.19 relatively fast. Instead of > including a lot of fixes, only include the most critical known fixes in > 2.4.19-pre1 (and maybe -pre2), then go to -rc1 as soon as possible and > get 2.4.19 out the door pretty fast with important fixes and leave all > other stuff for 2.4.20-pre1 > Does anyone know how long this bug has been in the kernel? If it's an old bug, 2.4.19-pre1 already has the fix, just like rc4 did... This *one* bug isn't big enough to hurry, IMO. Mike