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The Must-Fix List For 2.6.0

Posted by michael on from the quart-of-milk,-loaf-of-bread dept.

Jeremy Andrews writes "Andrew Morton posted a lengthy list of items that need to be done before the 2.5 development kernel tree should be turned into the 2.6 stable kernel tree. He prefaced his list by noting that 2.6.0 does not mean, "it's finished, ship it", alternatively offering, "I'd propose that 2.6.0 means that users can migrate from 2.4.x with a good expectation that everything which they were using in 2.4 will continue to work, and that the kernel doesn't crash, doesn't munch their data and doesn't run like a dog. Other definitions are welcome.""

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  1. Tux didn't give it away? by Wee · · Score: 0, Troll
    That penguin icon in the corner wasn't a hint? You know of some other kernel tree moving from version 2.4 to 2.5 to 2.6?

    -B

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    Ash and Hickory, straight-grained and true, make excellent bludgeons, dandy for the cudgeling of vegetarians.

    1. Re:Tux didn't give it away? by Wee · · Score: 0, Troll
      Oh wait, if you're you're kewl, you know that "Linux" really means just the Linux kernel. Sorry for being so (--kewl).

      Go ask RMS what the word 'Linux' means. Heh heh...

      I personally think that just 'Linux' covers all the bases I need covered, but thn I never had much desire to be kewl.

      -B

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      Ash and Hickory, straight-grained and true, make excellent bludgeons, dandy for the cudgeling of vegetarians.