Re: no support w/2.5 kernel installed. Spelling, no big deal 4 me

John Logsdon wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I have been following this seriously off-topic thread for a little while
> now and can't resist a few words.  Indulge me please!  2.5 has been
> forgotten a long time ago.
> 

Good points regarding the off-topic subject of languages and their 
"bugs". I liked Jarod's comments as well.

The 2.4 kernel, I assume, is feature frozen. So you should be stuck with 
certain limitations. If you want the next level of features. You should 
go to the next level for the kernel.From what I got from my brief 
reading regarding the 2.5 kernel, it is feature frozen also. Now, to 
bring it up to the non-developmental level, you have to fine tune the 
features that the kernel has.

My view, is that the 2.5 will go to 2.6 quicker, if it is tamed by 
active development and real world usage. My view is that backporting 
features to the 2.4 kernel is a move that will hinder the refinements 
for the 2,5 version to become the 2.6 series.

For production purposes, if absolute stability is needed qnd some of the 
features for 2.5 are needed or desired. Either a stub from the 2.5 
should be added to work secondarily with the 2.4 kernel. (2.4 kernel is 
the master controller and the features from the 2.5 stub must make calls 
to the 2,4 kernel.) In other words, a 2.4-20xx kernel ought to be 
alongside the current developmental code, Refinements to the code are 
fine. Additional ports are not pulled backwards from the higher versions 
of the kernel, unless they are agreed to by the community of developers, 
for that kernel revision.


Jim

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