This is nowhere near as bad as a kernel that never quite reaches stability
because we keep adding last minute "features".
> With the kind of reaction we have had on this one, I suspect that there
> will never be any new hardware support in 2.0 and users will have to wait
> for 2.2 to get it. It goes against the idea that 2.0 should have "some
> life" even when 2.1 is available.
Never underestimate just how important a "stable" kernel is to some people,
and just how much an even apparently innocuous "last minute addition" can
destabilise it.
I'm not saying that this particular patch is a bad one, only that the line
has to be drawn *somewhere*, and at 2.0.20 already and still not quite right,
I think the world is wanting a kernel they can rely on rather than one
which has every last feature possible. I know I'd love to be able to upgrade
the machines at work from 1.2.13 soon...
(Of course my home machine is 2.0.20 :-))
Still, one thing I've learned to trust over the last few years is...
It's Linus's call...
- Colin
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