A set of stable kernel updates

Posted Nov 22, 2010 22:23 UTC (Mon) by eds (guest, #69511)
Parent article: A set of stable kernel updates

So much for 2.6.35 as the "Embedded Linux Flag Version," declared a mere three weeks ago.

A set of stable kernel updates

Posted Nov 22, 2010 22:30 UTC (Mon) by jengelh (guest, #33263) [Link]

My word exactly - http://lwn.net/Articles/413341/ , comment #1

Embedded flag version

Posted Nov 22, 2010 22:33 UTC (Mon) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] (3 responses)

But Greg never said that he was going to maintain this version. Indeed, he said just the opposite. That maintenance will be done by the embedded companies involved; one assumes they'll be releasing updates on occasion. They are probably still putting their mechanisms in place.

Embedded flag version

Posted Nov 22, 2010 23:07 UTC (Mon) by eds (guest, #69511) [Link] (2 responses)

If the designated maintainer stops maintaining without having a designated successor, doesn't that leave the mess of having many slightly-different vendor kernels?

I don't see a lot of benefit to that situation. I thought that was the kind of thing the "flag version" scheme was supposed to end.

Embedded flag version

Posted Nov 23, 2010 10:26 UTC (Tue) by tialaramex (subscriber, #21167) [Link] (1 responses)

The "embedded flag version" is not Greg's baby. Thus it is also not Greg's responsibility. This isn't Microsoft, department A don't get to make promises and then expect department B to fulfil under the guise of being "team players". If the embedded vendors want a stable release maintainer, it's they who need to hire somebody, buy some build boxes, etc.

It may be that they have someone, and they're busy (after all right now there is a perfectly good stable tree of this version) or they're running silent to avoid stepping on Greg's toes.

It may be that they're still trying to get themselves sorted out, in which case they'd better hurry up if they don't want to get left looking stupid.

Or it might be that each individual representative went back to their vendor and got told "That's nice, but we'll sit this one out" and so the actual will to implement the plan does not exist and there will be no flag version.

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. If the embedded vendors say nice words but can't bring themselves to co-operate in order to save money that probably says more about embedded hardware vendors than it does about Linux.

Embedded flag version

Posted Nov 23, 2010 10:29 UTC (Tue) by tialaramex (subscriber, #21167) [Link]

... and apparently if I could read, I'd have noticed http://lwn.net/Articles/416700/ which makes it clear that it was the middle option. Good luck Tim, and I mean it.