From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 13:46:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 13:44:55 -0500 Received: from smtpnotes.altec.com ([209.149.164.10]:12552 "HELO smtpnotes.altec.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 13:44:04 -0500 X-Lotus-FromDomain: ALTEC From: Wayne.Brown@altec.com To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <86256B18.0066DBE8.00@smtpnotes.altec.com> Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:38:19 -0600 Subject: Re: [kbuild-devel] Converting the 2.5 kernel to kbuild 2.5 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Amen! Those are *exactly* the reasons I play with kernel upgrades. Wayne Alan Cox on 12/04/2001 12:26:27 PM To: trini@kernel.crashing.org (Tom Rini) cc: dalecki@evision.ag, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de (Matthias Andree), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hch@caldera.de (Christoph Hellwig), esr@thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond), kaos@ocs.com.au (Keith Owens), kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, torvalds@transmeta.com (bcc: Wayne Brown/Corporate/Altec) Subject: Re: [kbuild-devel] Converting the 2.5 kernel to kbuild 2.5 > > > Python2 - which means most users dont have it. > > Most users sure as hell shouldn't be playing with 2.5.x right now > anyways. With any sort of 'luck' it'll be 6 months at least before > 2.5.x becomes stable enough that it will probably compile all the time > again and not have a random fs eating bug. In 6 months even woody might > be frozen :) It wont become stable if nobody can configure it because nobody will build it or run it. Lots of people build non stable kernels because its a) fun b) a way to learn and play with the system c) they might make their own small fix and mark not all of the them are demon kernel hackers. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/