On Sun, 29 Jan 2006, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> The purpose of -stable is to provide stable kernels to 2.6 users. If time
> was not a problem, it's possible that there would be even more versions
> supported.
Mmmm, yup. I was there when this whole thing was brewed up ;)
> The day you will install Linux on a server, you'll understand why it's
> problematic for some people to upgrade to latest version to get fixes.
Sure hope you're not implying I haven't done that before...
> It's not a matter of saying "yes" or "no", it's a matter of helping
> users in getting something which works best on their hardware while
> still being reliable and secure. Maintainers propose some solutions for
> this, and can adapt to users' demands. I don't see anything wrong with
> this.
Neither do I. To a great extent, that void is already filled by distro
maintainers.
..Chuck..
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