Re: Curious

Nix (nix-kernel@esperi.demon.co.uk)
19 May 1999 19:32:15 +0100


Simon Richter <geier@phobos.fs.tum.de> writes:

> I'm just curious: Why isn't the 2.3 kernel rewritten from scratch as 2.1
> was?

? The 2.1 kernel was not rewritten from scratch; neither will 2.3 be.
Evolution is a good thing.

Anyway, the 2.1 development cycle lasted *far* too long. We don't want
another repeat of that.

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