linux-kernel - Re: A proposal; making 2.6.20 a bugfix only version.

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Date:	Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:15:55 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Subject: Re: A proposal; making 2.6.20 a bugfix only version.

Hi!

> >but if you do this you just end up with a bigger 
> >backlog so that the
> >next one will even be more unstable due to a extreme 
> >high change rate.
> >
> Only if people continue to work on new stuff during the 
> "bug fixing only" cycle.
> If we manage to get everyone focused on bug fixing only 
> for the entire
> cycle the backlog won't be growing (much).

But neither you, nor andrew, nor linus has power to stop development
like that... (nor would it be good idea)

							Pavel
-- 
Thanks for all the (sleeping) penguins.
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