Quotes of the week [LWN.net]

We've got bin-only kernel modules, much of which are clearly immoral, they are clearly hurting us and still we do things to keep them going - e.g. the refusal to remove 8K stacks from the .config. We are increasingly getting into a situation where loopholes are found and utilized to give back as little as possible, upsetting the balance.

so i believe _something_ should be done to tip the balance, because the negative effects are already hurting us. I'd support the move to the GPLv3 only as a tool to move the balance back into a fairer situation, not as some new moral mechanism. The GPLv3 might be overboard for that, but still the situation does exist undeniably.

-- Ingo Molnar

After seven years and hundreds of issues, I've decided to take a break from writing Kernel Traffic for awhile. I'd like to thank all the people who helped out, providing me with hosting space, hardware to work on, suggestions and bug reports, and money. And I'd especially like to thank Linus and the rest of the kernel developers for so powerfully changing the world for the better.

-- Zack Brown

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Posted Feb 9, 2006 4:35 UTC (Thu) by elanthis (guest, #6227) [Link]

Indeed. The LWN kernel page is fantastic in that it summarizes and explains the big issues of the week, but Kernel Traffic was great for seeing in raw detail the big issues of the last month.

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Posted Feb 9, 2006 7:39 UTC (Thu) by cdamian (subscriber, #1271) [Link]

I'll also miss kernel traffic. lwn.net/Kernel and Kernel Traffic are my only source to kernel news. The lkml traffic is just too high and even the kernel release changelogs are too big to dig through.

thanks go to you Zack Brown.

christof

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Posted Feb 9, 2006 8:38 UTC (Thu) by roy23 (subscriber, #3926) [Link]

I'll second that, your work was very much appreciated, thankyou Zack.

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Posted Feb 9, 2006 12:23 UTC (Thu) by nlucas (subscriber, #33793) [Link]

I'll add my thanks to Zack too. I'll sure miss his excelent work.

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Posted Feb 9, 2006 13:29 UTC (Thu) by job (guest, #670) [Link]

So will I! Thanks for all the work you put into it over the years, Zack!

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Posted Feb 9, 2006 17:10 UTC (Thu) by veeck (guest, #28709) [Link]

What sad reason to post my first comment on lwn since subscribing to it, but nevertheless:

Thanks Zack, your KernelTraffic was the best kernel news source since sliced bread!

(No offence meant to lwn of course ;-) )

We'll miss it!

Posted Feb 16, 2006 10:43 UTC (Thu) by rvfh (subscriber, #31018) [Link]

Loads of people, I'm sure, have enjoyed, like myself, Kernel Traffic for years. It will be a loss for all of us.
It is worth pointing that a number of magazines still publish Zack's summary of the month, though with less detail that KT used to.

Thanks Zack for many years of insight into the LKML, and best of luck!