Re: linux-2.4.13..

[Anuradha Ratnaweera]

On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 11:40:26AM +0200, bert hubert wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 10:52:28PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > final:
> >  - page write-out throttling
> >  - Pete Zaitcev: ymfpci sound driver update (make Civ:CTP happy with it)
> >  - Alan Cox: i2o sync-up
> >  - Andrea Arcangeli: revert broken x86 smp_call_function patch
> >  - me: handle VM write load more gracefully. Merge parts of -aa VM
> 
> Why do we do the exciting VM things in 'final'? We are confusing people with
> pre-patches that are better than actual releases!

IMHO _nothing_ should be done for the final.  A better alternative is to name a
stable pre kernel as a final without changes.  In the current scenario, a final
kernel release is one which is _not_ tested.

Cheers,

Anuradha

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