Re: [STATUS 2.5] January 17, 2001

From: James Simmons (jsimmons@transvirtual.com)
Date: Thu Jan 17 2002 - 18:02:45 EST


> > Have you heard anything about when Linus intends to code freeze? In my
> > planning I am assuming Sept. 30 is way earlier than 2.6 would ship. I
> > remember how long 2.4 took, and I simply assume 2.6 will be the same.
>
> I recall in June of 1999 Linus gave a kernel talk at BALUG and said he was
> aiming for a year end release of 2.4 (but I think he meant that year ;) and
> hoped to get the cycle down towards 6 months. Is that type of timeline still
> the target?

6 months. Never! I think we can do one year. I think this because for 2.5.X
we see a bunch of projects working on different things for a long period
of time. So it is just a matter of making everything work together.

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