Re: [PATCH 2.4] Wireless Extension v17 (resend)

From: Marcelo Tosatti
Date: Tue Feb 08 2005 - 17:17:19 EST


On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 01:51:12PM -0800, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 04:01:16PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jean,
> >
> > I'm very ignorant about wireless but it doesnt appear to me that "Wireless Extension v17"
> > is a critical feature.
>
> You are right, it's not critical, and I was already thinking
> of not pushing WE-18 to you (the WPA update). I'll stop updating 2.4.X
> with respect to wireless, the patches will be available on my web page
> for people who needs it.

Please dont miss bugfixes for present functionality. Gracias.

> We may revisit this if there is a public
> outcry...

OK!

> > It seems more appropriate to declare it as 2.6 functionality ?
>
> There need to be some unique features in 2.6.X to force people
> to upgrade, I guess...

Faster, cleaner, way more elegant, handles intense loads more gracefully,
handles highmem decently, LSM/SELinux, etc, etc...

IMO everyone should upgrade whenever appropriate.

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