Quoting Adam Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 22:32, eddie wrote: > > > Sometime it's this type of thinking that holds Mandrakesoft back, in my > > opinion. If the mm kernel is better (working without a hitch) why > > wouldn't MDK use it? > > Because it isn't a kernel they have tested.
please, what should this mean? if they were testing a number of things would be pretty different, and -tmb probably wouldn't exist or would consist of 3-5-7 patches -mm would stay -mm and wouldn't fork into smth else > Contrary to popular rumour, > Mandrakesoft is not a bucket shop. They have serious grade enterprise > clients who would not be very happy with a kernel created recently by a > non-Mandrakesoft employee becoming the default. > > > So what that the kernel team didn't come up with > > it, if it is a better working kernel, USE IT! The same goes for Thomas' > > kernel, it seems to be going very well. If MDK won't/can't use these > > improvements I think their vision is rather narrow. I have been under > > the impression that if "Joe" can build a better "mousetrap" at least > > take a look at it without condemning it to "contrib". What is this > > monolithic "contrib" and "main"? If someone could enlighten me as to > > what rules make this up, I would glady listen. My 2 cents Edward A > > Mihalow Jr-Silver Club Member > > Very simple rules. Stuff maintained by a Mandrakesoft employee and which > Mandrakesoft are willing to guarantee support for goes in main. > Everything else goes in contrib or plf. Simple enough for you? seems simple, where to put my kernel-bruby ? no one wants to host it :( svetljo
