Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Aix7xxx unstable in 2.4.21-rc2? (RE: Linux 2.4.21-rc2) | From | James Bottomley <> | Date | 24 May 2003 11:55:54 -0400 |
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On Sat, 2003-05-24 at 10:51, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > Just for clarification. Marcelo never asked me for a fix. The only > mail I received from him was an informational message indicating that > the code was being backed out. If I had been provided an opportunity > to fix the problem, I would have. Considering that the fix has been > available long before RC2 was cut (May 1st.), it's not hard to see that > getting a proper fix required nothing more than just upgrading the driver > or contacting its maintainer to get a paired down fix.
The kernel, as you have been told several times before, follows a push model, not a pull one. Just looking after SCSI, I don't have time to go around asking all the driver writers for updates; likewise Marcelo really doesn't have the time to do this for everything in the 2.4 kernel.
Every maintained piece of the kernel has a listed maintainer to whom the bug reports are supposed to go. The expectation is that these maintainers will see the bug reports and pro-actively provide fixes before they become release issues. The maintainers also do enhancements, *but* these enhancements should follow the proper release cycle (i.e. in at the early -pre stage).
Could you please get with the program? The bug fix vs enhancement issue hasn't previously mattered that much for 2.5, but I anticipate we'll be following a similar model when 2.6 is released.
James
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