Re: [RFC] 2.5/2.6/2.7 transition [was Re: Linux 2.4.16-pre1]

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl)
Mon, 26 Nov 2001 11:54:13 -0300


willy tarreau <wtarreau@yahoo.fr> said:

> Well, I know this has been discussed several times, but why not having 2
> stable trees : one for the average "joe" user which would include fixes
> and new features, and one for prod servers which will have only bugfixes,
> and quite old, tested features, with less risks of regression.

Think distributions, think 2.2.x (still actively maintained), think 2.4.x
(just now declared stable, ready for "just bugfixes"), and think 2.5.x +
assorted unofficial patches.

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