The last-minute merge wishlist [LWN.net]

The last-minute merge wishlist

Posted Oct 24, 2002 17:12 UTC (Thu) by cpeterso (subscriber, #305)
Parent article: The last-minute merge wishlist

For all the work already done for Linux 2.5, it sounds like there is still a LOT to do. If many of these huge pending changes are merged, then I imagine the stabilization phase from here until Linux 2.6/3.0 will be rather long.

Historically, how long has the new kernel been released after one of Linus' "slushy" code freezes? Will he be more strict about the code freeze this time? 2.2.0 --> 2.4.0 took exactly two years (January 1999 to January 2001). So to keep on the "two year" schedule, Linus would need to hurry up and release Linux 2.6.0/3.0.0 in January 2003. :-)

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