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

Ben Hoskings
2004-07-28T06:25:19Z

On Monday 26 July 2004 12:12, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> In article <200407261138.55020.ben@jeeves.gotdns.org> you wrote:
> > I think the idea of forking off certain releases in the 2.6.x.0 form, to
> > only recieve bugfixes and security updates, is a very good idea.
>
> Leave that to the vendors, they already do that.
>
> Whats wrong with adding features which touch major parts of the code only
> to 2.7, and perhaps bacport them if they proof to be worth it?

I guess it's pretty similar in practice. I brought it up because the idea of
freezing releases at 2.6.x.0 is more fine-grained, and as such it seemed to
me that it would be less of a maintenance overhead.

Although labels aside, I suppose the two systems are acheiving the same thing
in the end.

>
> Greetings
> Bernd

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Ben