Re: [kbuild-devel] Converting the 2.5 kernel to kbuild 2.5

Amen!  Those are *exactly* the reasons I play with kernel upgrades.

Wayne

Alan Cox <[e-mail]> on 12/04/2001 12:26:27 PM

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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