tux on 2.4.27 kernel and referrer checking

[Marek Habersack]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 03:10:28PM -0700, joe scribbled:
> >It most definitely isn't. The fact that RedHat or SuSe ship with the 
> >kernels
> >doesn't mean the kernels are stable. The reality is that 2.6 has some
> >security issues that are pending fixes 
> >
> Hate to break it to you, but 2.4 has issues as well, and will have more 
> in future.
Never said it doesn't. What kind of response is that? If you want to prove
to me 2.6 is stable, don't do it by trying prove 2.4 sucks, since that's not
really a serious argument.
Every piece of software has will always have issues (even the vendor-patched 
kernels, believe it or not). The thing is, as it stands now, 2.4 is more stable 
than 2.6 (and less bug-ridden), which is NOT to say 2.4 is better than 
2.6 (which it is not). As the sign of the 2.6 development stability, let 
me quote Andrew Morton's words (talking about 2.6.10-rc1-mm1):

- This kernel is probably pretty crappy - there is a _lot_ of stuff
  happening and the quality of the patches which I am receiving seems to be
  gradually dropping off. 
 
Now, keep in mind that a lot of the stuff goes up to the mainline kernel.
There goes the stability myth (note that 'stability' is not only that it
'does not break under the load' but also the number of fixes applied to the
software considered stable/stabilized)

> Perhaps you should go with 2.0.40, that one is very stable, and also 
> safe from sco lawsuits ;)
SCO lawsuits... I don't believe anybody would ever mention that
commedy seriously. Somebody showed me a great mail sig today, btw:

- Hello, this is Darl McBride, and I pronounce Linux as UNIX.

I can tell you how I pronounce SCO in private, it shouldn't be said in
public.

take care,

marek
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