Re: libata in 2.4.24?

From: bill davidsen (davidsen_at_tmr.com)
Date: 12/02/03

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Date:	2 Dec 2003 22:05:09 GMT

    In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0312011209000.13692-100000@logos.cnet>,
    Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com> wrote:
    |
    |
    | On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
    |
    | > Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
    | >
    | > > On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
    | > >>
    | > >> I'm happy to include it in 2.4 when Jeff thinks its stable enough for a
    | > >> stable series. ;)
    | >
    | > > I thought a bit more about this issue and I have a different opinion now.
    | > >
    | > > 2.6 is getting more and more stable and already includes libata --- users
    | > > who need it should use 2.6.
    | >
    | > Does it mean that 2.4.x is going to freeze, and only critical and security
    | > patches are going to be applied ?
    |
    | Yes this will happen in the near future.
    |
    | I still might accept some "non critical" modifications (which is btw, not
    | an objective defition) to 2.4.24, but for 2.4.25 that will be the rule.

    I hope you will continue to allow changes like new drivers and the
    like, there are many things in 2.6 which are not only not working but
    unlikely to ever be fixed because they are "old technology" and have
    been replaced by more interesting and less functional alternatives, but
    which are highly useful for people who have to use what is available in
    terms of hardware.

    That's "what the client/boss what's to provide" as well as "what the
    individual can afford." It's not just hobby stuff or old PCs being used,
    there are people selling laptops with ACPI more disfunctional than the
    Simpsons. Suspend via APM works fine, though.

    Unless a miracle occurs it will take as long for 2.6 to be really stable
    and fully functional as it did for 2.[024]. When it goes out in distros
    and gets abused by users for a while the sharp corners will be broken off. 

    -- 
bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
  CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.
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