Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 9 Jun 2003 19:03:29 -0300 (BRT) | From | Marcelo Tosatti <> | Subject | RE: 2.4.22 timeline was RE: 2.4.21-rc7 ACPI broken |
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On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Grover, Andrew wrote:
> > From: Marcelo Tosatti [mailto:marcelo@conectiva.com.br] > > > > Any chance to get patch against latest -rc7 ? > > > > > > It's big, and deemed too risky. We are shooting for 2.4.22-pre1. > > > > Just had a few thoughts about that and I want to have a fast 2.4.22 > > release (maximum two months). 2.4.21's development time was > > unnaceptable. > > > > Lets do the ACPI merge in 2.4.23. > > I wouldn't have a problem with this, except that you've been deferring > the ACPI merge for over a year. We've been maintaining this patch > outside the mainline tree for EIGHTEEN MONTHS.
The main reason I didnt want to merge it was due to its size. Its just too big.
> Please stop leading me along. Will you EVER merge it?
Yes, I want to, and will merge it. In 2.4.23-pre.
> I am confident it will merge cleanly. > I am confident it will cause no problems when CONFIG_ACPI=off. > I am confident the total number of working machines will go up. > I am willing to bet $500 of MY OWN MONEY on this. > > Talk to me, man. What would make you happy? A lot is riding on this.
Yes, we're fine. 2.4.23-pre.
2.4.22 will be a fast enough release to not piss you off on this, trust me. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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