Re: Linux-2.3.51, and the pre-2.4 series..

From: Andre Hedrick (andre@suse.com)
Date: Fri Mar 10 2000 - 23:45:59 EST


On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote:

>
> I just made a 2.3.51 release, and the next kernel will be the first of the
> pre-2.4.x kernels. That does NOT mean that I'll apply a lot of last-minute
> patches: it only means that I'll let 2.3.51 be out there over the weekend
> to hear about any embarrassing problems so that we can start the pre-2.4
> series without the truly stupid stuff.

Excellent,

Since there are no other major IDE/ATA issues, should I split the
block/ide tree now and allow for bugfix chases? Then I need to finish the
24-bit geometry solution with Andries.

Do or Don't?

> There's some NFSv3 and other stuff pending, but those who have pending
> stuff should all know who they are, and for the rest it's just time to say
> nice try, see you in 2.5.x.
>
> The pre-2.4.x series will probably go on for a while, but these are the
> "bug fixes only" trees. These are also the "I hope a lot of people test
> them" trees, because without testing we'll never get to the eventual goal,
> which is a good and stable 2.4.x in the reasonably near future. Thanks,
>
> Linus
>
>
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Andre Hedrick
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