At 23:10 21/05/00, Niall O Broin wrote:
>Also, although I play with Linux, and keep up with what's happening, my main
>use for it is professional and I don't have the time (or the inclination) to
>update machines with every kernel release, so it's easier to download the
>whole thing every now and again (and it's a habit I got into when the
>European taxpayer was paying for a stonking big pipe to my desk :-) ). And
>as it's easier, I just would like it to be a little faster.
I followed the Kernel Traffic digest thingy for a while a couple of months
ago and this came up. Linus and several others said no to it. I can't
remember if there was a reason besides it being a pain to do but basically
they're not going to do it. I think actually they told whoever brought it
up to just get patches,
Fergal
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