Re: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25

Arjan van de Ven
2003-03-23T21:48:48Z

On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 04:56:14PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Martin Mares wrote:
> > Do you really think that "People should either use vendor kernels or
> > read LKML and be able to gather the fixes from there themselves" is a
> > good strategy?
>
>
> Maybe I can make the point another way...
> TANSTAAFL: There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.
>
> Marcelo is a volunteer, and maintaining the 2.4 kernel is not his full
> time job. Marcelo isn't beholden to people demanding a kernel release
> NOW NOW NOW. If you want that type of support, you have to pay for it.

I know this can sound a bit "the wrong way".

There's another thing though; Marcelo needs to merge the RIGHT fix. And he
did merge it; he just hasn't finished releasing -pre6 yet