Re: A users thoughts on the new dev. model

[szonyi calin]

--- "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > Followup to: 
<cdpee5$otu$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> By author:    Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> Thus:
> 
> 	- Andrew will put experimental patches into -mm;
> 	- Andrew will continue to forward-port 2.6 mainstream fixes
> to
> 	  -mm;
> 	- Patches which have proven themselves stable and useful get
> 	  backported to 2.6;
> 	- If the delta between 2.6 and -mm becomes too great we'll
> 	  consider a hard fork AT THAT TIME, i.e. fork lazily instead
> 	  of the past model of forking eagerly.
> 
> Why the change?  Because the model already has proven itself,
> and
> shown itself to be more functional than what we've had in the
> past.
> 2.6 is probably the most stable mainline tree we've had since
> 1.2 or
> so, and yet Linus and Andrew process *lots* of changes.  The
> -mm tree
> has become a very effective filter for what should go into
> mainline,
> whereas the odd-number forks generally *haven't* been, because
> backporting to mainline has usually been an afterthought.
> 
> I for one welcome our new -mm overlords.
> 
> 	-hpa

Thank you for clarifying this.
So linux 2.6 from kernel.org stay stable.
And 2.6x-mm is like a 2.7 development tree (thought not that 
experimental ;-) )


>From the LWM story i understood that linux will be like windows:
lots of "features" but no stability, except if you use a
 distribution kernel. And that seriously made me think about
 using another free *nix for a stable system.  

Calin

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