On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 16:18 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > Let this be a lesson to everyone. Just because you discussed it a > > couple months ago doesn't necessarily mean: > > > > a) it is still wanted > > -or- > > b) it is still valid > > so what is the 2.4 status then ?
Well, we still don't support it on sparc/x86. It is unsupported on Alpha, too, unless you have one of the machines that 2.6 won't yet run on, which have been discovered since my last speaking with the team and is the reason why I screwed up. The idea is to leave it "deprecated" on alpha without listing a removal date. About the only thing that I have done here is removed the "November 1st" removal date. Now, maybe we'll get lucky and can fix the kernel on those machines between now and then, but if not, it isn't a big deal. It can stay for Alpha and not really affect too many people. The Alpha machines aren't ones people would typically use for a desktop, and this was hurried along because of some requests from the GNOME team, who are hating the 2.4 profiles since every GNOME since 2.16 has required 2.6/hal/udev to work properly. The 2.4 profiles are currently causing them headaches, and from my own experiences, will continue to do so, as more and more things are going to quit working on 2.4 as time goes on... > > So remember, kids, always check with your friendly local arch teams > > before you poke around in their playgrounds! > > also, cat poop has worms Is that what those crunchy things are? -- Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering Strategic Lead Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee Gentoo Foundation
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