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

Kevin Fox
2004-07-22T20:29:26Z

How is this any different then the old dev model with very short release
cycles? (Other then keeping a "2." prefixed forever)

On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 16:01, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 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.
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