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Linux Kernel 2.6.14 Released
digitalderbs writes "Linux kernel 2.6.14 was released on 10-28. OSnews reports on new features like 'HostAP, FUSE, the linux port of the plan9's 9P protocol, netlink connector, relayfs, securityfs, centrino's wireless drivers, support for DCCP (currently a RFC draft, PPTP, full 4 page-table support for ppc64, numa-aware slab allocator, lock-free descriptor lookup' and many other things. The changelog is also available."
it's been stable by Hans standards(i.e. officially released) for the last year
Hans's standards must be pretty low, then; when it was first released, it was known to be very fragile and lose data easily. Has it improved since then? We're talking about code that *must* be utterly reliable, and Hans's record in that regard is pretty lousy.
Disinfect the GNU General Public Virus!
I have very little tolerance for bad behaviour myself, but here's why I don't think "refusing to merge his code" is a useful reaction to any abrasiveness on the part of Hans:
1. it pointlessly weakens Linux
2. Hans and his team have done a lot of very difficult and competent work
3. the 'punishment' won't work anyway
4. every public forum attracts flame wars and ad hominems. LKML is no exception; and any grown-up developer should know what to expect and not take umbrage (including Hans).
It could still be refused or delayed for valid technical reasons. But if Hans' comments on the list offend people to the point where they reject his huge contributions, that's worse for Linux than a few strongly worded posts on Reiser's part.
you had me at #!