2.6 and 2.7 Release Management

An anonymous reader writes: "A recent discussion on the Linux kernel mailing list debated whether the upcoming 2.6 and 2.7 kernels should be released at the same time instead of first stabilizing the 2.6 'stable tree' then branching the 2.7 'development tree.' The theory behind the proposition is to keep "new" things from going into 2.6 once it is released, focusing instead only on making it stable. On the flip side of this argument is the possibility that with a 2.7 kernel in development, there will be too little focus on stabilizing the 2.6 kernel. The resulting debate makes for an interesting read."

Comments

Re:Stabilizing the stable branch?

[Verizon Guy]

What are you talking about, "not stable"...?

Linux doesn't crash. It can't; it's simply not possible... Slashdot told me so. They said that Linux crashing would defy the laws of physics, or something.

In honour of Euler

[Anonymous Coward]

Release version 2.71828 and call it quits.