On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 10:50:21PM -0700, Russell Senior wrote: > > http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1147415
Reading the note from L.T., this is a major sociological hack, not a technical one. The interesting aspect of this release is how tiny the changes will be from 2.6.X, and that is VERY INTERESTING. This is Not How Things Are Normally Done, and the reason I usually avoid the X.0.0 release of anything. Given that the 3.0.0 release will have no major architectural changes, but instead represents the culmination of years of improvement of 2.6.X and previous kernels, this may be a raspberry at the whole arrogant, unreliable process that normally accompanies major new releases. Because 3.0.0 is NOT a huge experiment that makes the rest of us beta testers, it may last a very long time, even as subsequent 3.0.X kernels incorporate all the latest and greatest (and bug-ridden) experiments that we know and love (and fear). Torvalds has always struck me as a moderately competent technician and a brilliant tactician. I hope he succeeds. Keith P.S. Perhaps you still think Torvalds was joking about "world domination?" -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected] Voice (503)-520-1993 KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
