linux-kernel - Re: [Proposal] 2.6.18-stable release plans?

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Message-ID: <45B66ACE.5010309@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:06:38 +0100
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Sunil Naidu <akula2.shark@...il.com>
CC:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
Subject: Re: [Proposal] 2.6.18-stable release plans?

Sunil Naidu wrote:
...
> Am talking from the Linux users point of view (who need to know deep
> about the Kernel development, etc. Imagine, a student or a
> professional who wants to build a kernel with a patch for a i686
> machine?

You speak of advanced users with very special requirements. They can
watch respective mailinglists, git trees, bugzillas, ... The file
MAINTAINERS contains some pointers for them.

...
> But we can give info in general? Example, if patch-2.6.19.3
> comes out - simply we can say as *x86 32/64* based on the weightage of
> fixes in that patch. What do you say?

This cannot be measured objectively.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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