Re: [ANNOUNCE] Vendor kernels unpakced

[Oliver Neukum]

Am Freitag, 10. August 2001 21:29 schrieb Phil Kos:
> > Just as it makes no sense to run a not-up-to-date release
> > kernel, it makes
> > no sense to keep anything but the very last on line. Just MVHO.
>
> I beg to differ, Herr Doktor von Brand. It makes more sense to run a
> not-up-to-date release kernel than it does to slavishly update to every new
> release without any pressing need for new features or functionality. Don't
> fall into the commercial software trap of "it's newer, so it *must* be
> better!"--here be tygers...

The problem is not what people should be running. The kernels people are 
actually running are relevant. Any kernel on a CD sold in the last ~3 years 
is run and bug reports will arrive.
If you choose to ignore anything but the latest standard kernels you loose a 
large number of testers and bugs will go unnoticed longer.

	Regards
		Oliver