Re: Linux v2.4.33-rc3 (and a new v2.4 maintainer)

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here goes the third (and hopefully last) release candidate of v2.4.33.
> 
> It contains a fix for CVE-2006-2935 (locally exploitable typo in DVD
> code), ethtool oopses and an ext3 block bitmap leakage issue.
> 
> Willy Tarreau has stepped up to maintain the mainline v2.4 tree, and
> will do so starting from v2.4.34.
> 
> He has devoted great effort to help maintenance for the past few years.
> His -hotfix tree is quite popular amongst v2.4 users, for instance.
> 
> I feel very confident in his competence for the job, knowing his good
> common sense and great technical/communication skills.

Thanks to both of you, I know a number of people who are still on 2.4 
due to issues with the new development model, they all depend on you for 
stable kernel fixes.
> 
> Thanks Willy!
> 
> 
> Summary of changes from v2.4.33-rc2 to v2.4.33-rc3
> ============================================
> 
> Andreas Haumer:
>       [PATCH-2.4] Typo in cdrom.c
> 
> Kirill Korotaev:
>       EXT3: ext3 block bitmap leakage
> 
> Marcelo Tosatti:
>       Change VERSION to 2.4.33-rc3
> 
> Willy Tarreau:
>       ethtool: two oopses in ethtool_set_coalesce() and ethtool_set_pauseparam()
> 


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