On 1/19/07, Drew Weaver <drew.weaver@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, on the other hand 2.6.18 was released over 4 months ago (1 quarter of a year). So I guess you can look at it either way.
However, the release doesn't guarantee stability , since development is being done in the live 2.6 kernel tree. This release includes API/ABI changes which may affect the larger organizations who have custom operations (DoD, financial institutions, universities, etc). The also affects the tenant of backporting bugfixes and security updates vs not adding new features while adding hardware support, and testing all of it to ensure that it functions exactly as it is supposed to. When you look at the scope of operation, and the userbase affected, 4 months doesn't seem that long anymore. None of this stops you from using a custom kernel with your centos or rhel environment. It just won't be supported by either community. If you're smart enough, you can do whatever you want with your own system. This is the fundamental beauty of open source. If you don't like it, then change it. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
