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Re: Debian should not modify the kernels!



On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:04:27PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:

> also sprach Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> [2003.10.10.2333 +0200]:
> > It is in 2.5 and 2.6.  It is in Linux henceforth.  FreeSWAN, on top of
> > its other issues, is not, has never been, and never will be, part of the
> > official kernel.
> > 
> > Is that clearer?
> 
> Doesn't explain why the IPsec patch should be distributed in 2.4 by
> default. Come on, you just don't want to get my point...

It is the difference between a backport of a useful feature from a later
release, and an unofficial patch which was rejected upstream.  I think I
understand fine.

-- 
 - mdz



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