I think it would be better to wait untill Redhat has released 8.0 rather than
wait for a xfs patch 8.0 kernel.
Steve Lord wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-08-08 at 10:16, Derek Glidden wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 09:13, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> > > On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Knut J Bjuland wrote:
> > >
> > > > What are there plans for a new XFS release,
> > >
> > > There will be a new release. :)
> > >
> > > We talked about this yesterday; there are so many new features & fixes
> > > in CVS vs. the last relese, it's probably time for a new one. We'd like
> > > to wait until 2.4.19 is out.
> >
> > Eric,
> > I'm really not trying to put you on the spot, but, well, you *did* say
> > you wanted to wait until 2.4.19 and, well, it *is* out now...
> >
> > :)
> >
> > Seriously, can you recommend that I just go grab the 2.4.19 split
> > patches or do you think I'll be able to hold my breath for a new
> > "release" version before upgrading the few "big" machines at work and at
> > home that I'd really rather only update once in a while?
>
> Eric is out for a while, I am so swamped with other stuff you would
> not believe it, this is why there has not been much of an SGI
> presence on the list this week. There are still plans for a new
> release, it will be 2.4.19 based, but making a release is not just
> push the button and out it pops. There appear to be a number of
> open issues in the current code base which we need to fix before
> we bless something with the title of a release. So it will probably
> be a while before there is one.
>
> Steve
>
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