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From: "Américo Wang" <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	stable@kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.27 will be a longtime supported kernel
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:27:01 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081013112701.GA12706@hack.voiplan.pt> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081011210340.GA11198@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi>

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 12:03:40AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>2.6.16 has become a bit dated, and I'll maintain 2.6.27 for a few years 
>as a replacement.
>
>As with 2.6.16, I'll pickup maintainance when the normal -stable 
>maintainance ends (at some point after 2.6.28 gets released in January).
>
>It is intended to fill the niche for users who are not using 
>distribution kernels but want to use a regression-free kernel for a 
>longer time. It might be a small part of the userbase, but after the 
>experiences with 2.6.16 I can say that there are quite a few users
>who appreciate such an offering.
>
>As people might have noted I wasn't able to do much kernel stuff 
>recently, and 2.6.16 also suffered from this. I'll bring 2.6.16 back 
>into shape and keep it maintained until at least mid-2009.

Thanks for your work.

I am just wondering why you only selected .16 and .27, not others?
Are there some specical reasons why you did this?

Thank you.


-- 
"Sometimes the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy."


  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-10-13 11:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-09 23:59 Linux 2.6.27 Linus Torvalds
2008-10-11 21:03 ` Linux 2.6.27 will be a longtime supported kernel Adrian Bunk
2008-10-12  4:02   ` [stable] " Greg KH
2008-10-12  4:10     ` Adrian Bunk
2008-10-12  7:00     ` Willy Tarreau
2008-10-13 11:27   ` Américo Wang [this message]
2008-10-13 12:37     ` Adrian Bunk
2008-10-14 20:10       ` Lennart Sorensen
2008-10-14 21:04         ` [stable] " Greg KH
2008-10-14 22:43           ` Yinghai Lu
2008-10-14 22:48             ` Jiri Kosina
2008-10-14 23:23             ` Greg KH
2008-10-14 23:03           ` Chris Friesen
2008-10-15  2:27             ` Greg KH
2008-10-13 12:42   ` Alex Howells
2008-10-13 12:58     ` Nick Piggin
2008-10-14 17:12   ` Chris Friesen
2008-11-13 22:46 ` Linux 2.6.27 Bill Davidsen
2008-11-14 15:30   ` Stefan Richter
2008-11-14 17:56     ` Bill Davidsen

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