Re: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25

From: Arjan van de Ven (arjanv@redhat.com)
Date: Sun Mar 23 2003 - 16:59:46 EST


On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 04:56:14PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Martin Mares wrote:
> > Do you really think that "People should either use vendor kernels or
> > read LKML and be able to gather the fixes from there themselves" is a
> > good strategy?
>
>
> Maybe I can make the point another way...
> TANSTAAFL: There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.
>
> Marcelo is a volunteer, and maintaining the 2.4 kernel is not his full
> time job. Marcelo isn't beholden to people demanding a kernel release
> NOW NOW NOW. If you want that type of support, you have to pay for it.

I know this can sound a bit "the wrong way".

There's another thing though; Marcelo needs to merge the RIGHT fix. And he
did merge it; he just hasn't finished releasing -pre6 yet
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