Re: [RFC] 2.5/2.6/2.7 transition [was Re: Linux 2.4.16-pre1]

jlnance
2001-11-26T14:59:11Z

On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 08:59:01AM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > But you also have to realize that "fewer fundamental changes" is a
> > mark of a system that isn't evolving as quickly, and that is reaching
> > middle age. We are probably not quite there yet ;)
>
> Doesn't mean we need to get _all_ our TODO items done in
> 2.5. I really don't see what's wrong with doing only a
> few in 2.5 and delaying the rest for 2.7, especially not
> when both 2.5 and 2.7 happen quickly ;)

On the other hand, I dont think you want major number releases of stable
kernels happening too quickly either. For people who really care about
stability, moving from 2.2 to 2.4 is a big deal. I dont think we really
want people to think that they need to do that kind of thing once a year
even if we could manage to get our development cycle shortened that much.

Thanks,

Jim