On Sat, Mar 11, 2000 at 11:44:39PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Marcus> Making last minute changes and rushing in x.0 versions of > Marcus> critical software is just Plain Wrong. Especially the Linux > Marcus> kernels are often very unstable 'til x.12 or 14. > > Why is it bad having a stable kernel installed as default, and > a 2.4-pre kernel, marked as extra, with warning in the long > description, also in the distribution?
Nothing wrong about that, if we don't go a long way to make additional changes in the various admin packages (isdn, pcmcia comes to mind). I was always a supporter of the latest and greatest kernel as a binary package in extra. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org for public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
