Re: Linux 2.4.18

Daniel Phillips (phillips@bonn-fries.net)
Sun, 24 Feb 2002 06:08:49 +0100

On February 25, 2002 08:18 pm, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Holzrichter, Bruce wrote:
> > > Ok, DAMN. I missed the -rc4 patch in 2.4.18. Real sorry about that.
> > >
> > > 2.4.19-pre1 will contain it.
> >
> > Should 2.4.18 final get a -dontuse tag or something?
>
> No. A "-dontuse" tag should be only used when the kernel can cause damage
> in some way.

That reminds me, why did 2.4.15 never get a -dontuse? Did the iput bugfix
get quietly added, or is it still an accident waiting to happen?

I think there'a a limit to how strict one should be about the 'don't change
it after posting rule'.

-- 
Daniel
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