linux-kernel - Re: Adrian Bunk is now taking over the 2.6.16-stable branch

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Message-ID: <20060804230017.GO25692@stusta.de>
Date:	Sat, 5 Aug 2006 01:00:17 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: Adrian Bunk is now taking over the 2.6.16-stable branch

On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 09:43:06PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On 8/3/06, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> >This is just a notice to everyone that Adrian is going to now be taking
> >over the 2.6.16-stable kernel branch, for him to maintain for as long as
> >he wants to.
> 
> Adrian, could you provide a bit of rationale as to why you want to do
> this?  I'm just curious.

A long-term maintained stable series was missing in the current 
development model.

The 2.6 series itself is theoretically a stable series, but the amount 
of regressions is too big for some users.

> josh

cu
Adrian

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