linux-kernel - Re: ketchup script and 3.0

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Date:	Tue, 7 Jun 2011 13:50:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:	david@...g.hm
To:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
cc:	Stratos Psomadakis <psomas@....ntua.gr>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Frank Kingswood <frank@...gswood-consulting.co.uk>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: ketchup script and 3.0

On Tue, 7 Jun 2011, Matt Mackall wrote:

> But my point is that if we have adhoc transitions, we will encounter the
> "fix all the scripts and websites" pain at every transition. And tools
> that are managed via distros and the like can literally take years to
> get into the hands of users. It'd be nice if the copy of ketchup shipped
> in <enterprise distro> just worked 3 years from now because 4.0 wasn't a
> surprise.

if you special case 2.4->2.6, and make the default that 4.0 > 3.x, 5.0 > 
4.x, etc won't things 'just work' for the forseeable future?

David Lang
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