On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 06:14 -0500, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 21:59, Michael A. Peters wrote: > > There is a very good reason for this - when you add new code to the > > kernel, you have a greater chance that something will break that someone > > depends upon. Especially the ability to compile a third party driver > > against the kernel source. > > [...] > > Yes, I know this and I understand the benefits. My question was more > for the development kernels. I.e. before an official release, do the > redhat/fedora kernels get stuff pulled in from other trees? I probably > should have been more clear. Not a RH kernel developer but .... I would be quite certain that no extra effort is made to pull in external trees just prior to release. That would invalidate all of the prior testing to ensure that a stable kernel is included in the release. Sure, you may lose some nifty new feature, or even miss out on a few bug fixes, but the end goal is a known commodity that can be unleashed on the world. The bug fixes can be incorporated into an errata kernel after they have been more thoroughly tested. -- David T Hollis <dhollis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
