Re: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!
On Sun, Mar 12, 2000 at 04:30:21PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>"Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca> writes:
>
> Jason> On 11 Mar 2000, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >> I've been running 2.3 kernels for a while now, and so have
> >> several people. Though it may not work as a default ekrnel,
>
> Jason> But can we integrate the necessary new changes to properly
> Jason> support 2.4? devfsd, the new firewall code, new PCMCIA, etc?
>
> Probably not. But That's why no one is talking about making
> 2.4 the default kernel. We package it up, we put i warnings, and we
> let it out for those of us who can really use it.
What's the point in providing a briefly tested package of 2.4.0 when,
by the time potato is out and burnt onto CDs, 2.4.x (where x > 0) will
be available and people can compile their own kernel?
The only reason for putting a 2.4.x kernel into potato is if you can
easily put the infrastructure needed for 2.4.x into the Debian system.
Supplying a pre-compiled kernel alone is pointless.
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Alisdair McDiarmid alisdair@jml.net
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