Thanks for the E! Rob >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme >> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 11:57 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Robert Wideman >> Subject: Re: [newbie] Update the kernel ? >> >> >> On Thursday 06 February 2003 07:30 pm, Robert Wideman wrote: >> > Any thoughts on why MDK hasnt gone to the 2.4.20 kernel? its >> been out since >> > Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving, its a US holiday on November 26....HEHE. >> > Rob >> > >> >> Well there are two machines that basically autodestruct their >> data testing >> kernels at mandrakesoft, and in order for a kernel to be >> considered it must >> pass with all patches applied. If some patches don't work, the >> kernel is >> held up while a decision is made whether to rewrite patches or >> to wait for >> the next kernel. Important to this process is a mailing list called >> kernel-traffic (archived at zork.net) >> >> So, the problem is likely that the kernel doesn't work in some >> regard and >> either patches are being rewritten OR something else may be >> wrong with it >> that is fixed in an even later kernel. >> >> 9.1 Beta 3 has kernel-2.4.21-pre2 which suggests the second, but >> those are not >> the only possibilities. (Just as an aside I wish some >> production kernels >> could be as stable as that one in 9.1beta3) >> >> Another reason for NOT offering an updated kernel every time one >> comes out is >> that the only real reason to do so is to fix security issues or >> serious bugs. >> Rolling a few features not heretofore available into the current >> distro is >> rarely done at the kernel level--way way too much work and >> testing. Instead >> the next release will benefit from additional features if in >> fact they ARE >> benefits (lots of them are engineer's toys or just useless, >> resource-wasting >> fluff). >> >> Anyway, that is something of the engineering process on kernels, >> certainly not >> descriptive of the whole process, but then my name isn't Chmouel >> Boudjnah or >> Juan Quintela, who are a couple of mandrake's kernel-hackers. >> >> Civileme >> >> >>
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