On Sat, 2006-08-19 at 06:44, Matthew Miller wrote: > > > > Centos 3.x is still a good server choice. I've always considered > > > > linux kernels to be stable around version x.x.20 or so. > > > It's different now. > > Do you mean that with no odd-numbered development branch the > > 2.6.x line may never stabilize? > > Even and odd no longer have anything to do with it. The 2.6.x.y releases get > a bit of stabilization, but mostly it's full steam ahead. The idea is that a > litte bit of change every release is better than a gigantic lump of changes > with a 2.8.0 which then requires 'til 2.8.20 to run smoothly. That's good for the developers but bad for people who don't like surprises when applying needed distribution updates to their servers - which is why most of mine are still running CentOS 3.x. With the odd/even cut, Linus was always way too optimistic about declaring the version to be stable, but by about x.x.20 it got there. With little changes introduced all the time and no one backporting security/bugfixes into a well-tested release, how can anyone pick and maintain a production version? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
