Re: New dev model (was [PATCH] delete devfs)

Andrew Morton
2004-07-22T20:02:31Z

Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> wrote:
>
> my personal opinon is that this new development model isn't a good
> idea from the point of view of users:
>
> There's much worth in having a very stable kernel. Many people use for
> different reasons self-compiled ftp.kernel.org kernels.

Well. We'll see. 2.6 is becoming stabler, despite the fact that we're
adding features.

I wouldn't be averse to releasing a 2.6.20.1 which is purely stability
fixes against 2.6.20 if there is demand for it. Anyone who really cares
about stability of kernel.org kernels won't be deploying 2.6.20 within a
few weeks of its release anyway, so by the time they doodle over to
kernel.org they'll find 2.6.20.2 or whatever.