Re: 2.2.0 Bug summary (ISDN)
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
31 Dec 1998 00:16:50 GMT
Followup to: <19981230133252.B23588@arthur.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE>
By author: Dominik Kubla <dominik.kubla@uni-mainz.de>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> On Wed, Dec 30, 1998 at 06:37:04AM +0000, Johan Myréen wrote:
> >
> > If I remember correctly, this same thing happened when 2.0 came out. I
> > don't
> > know why, but the ISDN "cathedral" always has and still seems to be
> > very isolated from the mainstream kernel development.
>
> That's because of what they are dealing with: you make a really nasty
> mistake and you might find your phone disconnected and the telco sueing
> you for damages! So unless some kind company donates a complete
> ISDN-testbed you will see the developers progressing very carefully.
>
> At least that's how i read the situation,
> Dominik Kubla
>
That wasn't the thing, though; it was the sudden huge monolithic patch
this late in the release cycle.
-hpa
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