Re: Linux 2.4.16-pre1

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Followup to:  <E167jsx-0005PL-00@localhost>
By author:    Ryan Cumming <bodnar42@phalynx.dhs.org>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> On November 24, 2001 12:36, Phil Sorber wrote:
> > On Sat, 2001-11-24 at 13:40, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > > Its available at
> > > ftp.xx.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/marcelo/2.4/testing/
> > >
> > > duh. :)
> >
> > Are these going to appear on the front page of kernel.org? all i see
> > there now is 2.5.1pre1, no 2.4.16pre1.
> 
> I doubt that the kernel.org update scripts respect Marcelo's new position by 
> checking people/marcelo/2.4/testing/ for prepatches. Personally, I think his 
> prepatches should go in v2.4/testing, and Linus' should go in v2.5/testing, 
> it'd be much cleaner that way.
> 

Indeed it is.  Now, let me vent here for a moment...

I WOULD BE BLOODY GRATEFUL IF SOMEONE WOULD ACTUALLY TELL ME THESE
THINGS AHEAD OF TIME FOR A BLOODY CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every time something changes, something like 200 lusers write to me to
bitch & whine, and I have to do script maintenance as soon as
possible, despite anything else I may have wanted to do.  I am getting
rather sick and tired of having to second-guess the kernel
maintainers, and I would really like to get just a bit of
consideration in that manner.

Thank you,

      -hpa
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