Re: 2.6.x features log

From: Dave Jones
Date: Sun Jan 09 2005 - 14:38:43 EST


On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 12:18:30PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 09:34:36AM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> >
> > I think that people really like the Dave Jones
> > 2.5/2.6 halloween information/update. It contained a lot
> > of useful info in one place, with pointers to more details.
> >
> > What I'm seeing (and getting a little concerned about,
> > although I dislike PR with a passion) is that the 2.6.x
> > continuous development cycle will cause us (the Linux
> > community) to miss logging some of these important new
> > features (outside of bk). Has anyone kept a track of new
> > features that are being added in 2.6?
> >
> > I'll keep a list (or someone else can -- DaveJ ?) if anyone
> > is interested in feeding items into it. Or do distros
> > already keep such a running list of new features?
>
> Debian actually patches Dave's post_halloween document into
> Documentation. Maybe we should put it there for mainline
> aswell and make sure to update it when doing major changes?

I've said "Sure, go for it" to a number of people who
brought this up, but nothing has ever come of it.

I'll send it to Linus myself later today. 8)

Dave

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