Re: The freeze and IMMINENT 2.2.0p1!!
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 01:20:34PM +0200, Samuel Tardieu wrote:
> Santiago> There are a lot of packages that would have to be recompiled
> Santiago> for Linux 2.2. This will take time and a lot of testing.
>
> I can see pcmcia (28-Sep-98 is needed) and netutils (so that IPv6 is
> supported), but not "a lot of packages".
But some cannot be ported at the moment: iBCS!
> Also, from a marketing point of view, it would be great to have the
> first distribution using Linux 2.2 :-) Imagine the stickers on the CDs :)
This can be done also if we provide 2.2 while keeping 2.0.35 the default.
Michael
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