From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267947AbUGWUKY (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:10:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267725AbUGWUKY (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:10:24 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:36036 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S268001AbUGWUKE (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:10:04 -0400 Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 22:09:54 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Kevin Fox Cc: Andrew Morton , corbet@lwn.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New dev model (was [PATCH] delete devfs) Message-ID: <20040723200954.GP19329@fs.tum.de> References: <40FEEEBC.7080104@quark.didntduck.org> <20040721231123.13423.qmail@lwn.net> <20040721235228.GZ14733@fs.tum.de> <20040722025539.5d35c4cb.akpm@osdl.org> <20040722193337.GE19329@fs.tum.de> <20040722160112.177fc07f.akpm@osdl.org> <1090528107.10227.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1090528107.10227.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 01:28:27PM -0700, Kevin Fox wrote: > How is this any different then the old dev model with very short release > cycles? (Other then keeping a "2." prefixed forever) Currently, the old stable tree will be supported for several years even after the new stable tree opens (2.0 and 2.2 seem to be quite dead today and might even miss several security fixes but 2.4 is still well-maintained). If you use a 2.4 kernel today you know that you can follow 2.4 for the next year without risking big breakages. With the new dev model, I assume noone will maintain a 2.6.8 tree for several years. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed