On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:17, Tim Bird wrote: > On 11/09/2010 03:19 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 18:07, Tim Bird wrote: >>> It was noted at the summit that several CE companies and embedded >>> projects will be using (or are already using) 2.6.35 for upcoming >>> products or releases. This includes Sony, Google, Meego, and Linaro. On >>> behalf of the CE Linux Forum and a number of consumer electronics >>> companies, projects and community developers, we therefore declare >>> 2.6.35 as a flag version of the kernel for embedded use. Several >>> companies will be investing in development, integration and testing of >>> this version. Entities wanting to do business with those companies would >>> therefore be well-advised to make sure their hardware, drivers and >>> enhancements work well with this version of the kernel. >> >> wouldnt it make more sense to piggy back the extensive work going into >> the "stable" tree ? Âmany of the points you raise after all are the >> entire founding point of it. Âplus, all the main distros form around >> that, are spending time working on that, is marked as supported for 2 >> or 3 years, and there is already infrastructure/framework/process in >> place (stable@xxxxxxxxxx). >> >> so instead of picking arbitrary versions (like 2.6.35) and needlessly >> replicating the huge work load, simply declare these stable trees as >> the "flag" versions. Âthat means today it'd be 2.6.32.y. > > The fact that this tree is already a year old, and not likely to be > brought forward for at least another 2 years is the reason we didn't > choose it this time. ÂMost of the high-profile, active embedded projects > are already on 2.6.35. ÂFor companies looking to adopt a new base kernel > in the next 12 months, I don't want to have them start with a year-old > kernel. ÂWe did consider the utility of synchronizing with the enterprise > stable tree, but the timing just didn't work too well this time around. so you're suggesting this is a one-off choice. in the future, the "flag" versions will simply piggy the existing stable trees ? -mike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
