Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:40:14 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> To: Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> Subject: I will _not_ start accepting patches! Guys, I'm getting my mailbox filled up with new patches, apparently because people believe that I will start applying them again just because 2.2.0 is out. That is NOT so. 2.2.0 may be out, but we're still in "serious bugfixes only" mode - and will be so for all of the 2.2.x series until I open up 2.3.x. I'm not interested in patches unless you can clearly show that the patches fix a _serious_ bug. Basically, I don't expect to release a 2.2.1 in several weeks, unless something _really_ bad comes up. And even then, 2.2.1 will just be a serious fix release - there is absolutely no point in sending me patches now that you wouldn't have sent for 2.2.0-final. I'm just deleting any patches I see that are not obvious show-stoppers, and I'm ignoring any bug-reports for anything but 2.2.0 - this means that I'm not interested in reports about 2.2.0ac1 or anything else with any non-standard patches (the only patch I suggest you apply is the "ess" compilation bug, and even that can be worked around by just compiling as a module). Basically, you have to realize that it takes at least a month for people to really have pounded on 2.2.0, and before it has been seriously tested to find any show-stoppers, I'm not interested in cosmetic fixes (even if they are "real" bugs, they have to have a serious impact on testing basic stability for me to care). In short: let us find the _real_ problems first. Further development is stopped intil that happens, because I'm NOT willing to have any new interactions until all the old ones are resolved. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/