http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3606
Product: kernel-source
Component: kernel-source
Summary: kernel has too many patches, should be closer to
standard kernel
Version: 2.4.18-21mdk
Platform: PC
OS/Version: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I know this is not a "Real" bug report, but I'm starting to get very unsure of
the kernel source supplied with mandrake. I know this kernel has hundreds of
patches added to it that are not in the main tree. Although I understand the
need to support lots of hardware (I know I've got some difficult stuff) I'm sure
it is very wrong to do it like this (lots of patches on top of pre releases of
the next kernel).
A solution would be to get an "Alan Cox" to work for/with mandrake as a
lieutenant for Linux Torvalds or Marcelo or both. That way people will trust
these kernels and they will be tested very thoroughly. As it is now, whenever
there's a kernel bug, you couldn't possibly have the manpower/knowledge to find
the source of it in the big pile of patches you have included.
Getting an "Alan" and having him as a trusted part of the kernel community will
probably take years, unless you get Alan himself ;-), but it'll be worth it!
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