Re: 2.6 must-fix list, v2

Dave Jones
2003-05-13T22:15:55Z

On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 01:17:54PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:

> But I do not view non-ia32 support as being a 2.6.0 requirement. I'd be OK
> with 2.6.0 working _only_ on ia32. Other architectures will catch up when
> they can. The only core requirement is that 2.6.0 not contain gross
> x86isms which make other ports impossible.

I kinda sorta agree. Holding up 2.6.0 for other ports to catch up
could end up with us waiting, and in the meantime, Linus merging other
stuff which could break non-x86 etc..

Once we're into 2.6.x though, would it be unfeasable to hold off on
final point releases until arch maintainers have sent in a 'make things
work for this release' diff ? Ie, make rc's "strict bugfixes only, and
arch updates"

Though, for some archs (sparc32 springs to mind), we may end up waiting
quite a while, so perhaps just settle on a handful of 'to be kept
up-to-date' archs ?

Dave