Re: [HACKERS] Re: HISTORY for 6.5.2

On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > Ok, mung time, then.  That means RedHat will be releasing 6.5.1 with
> > RedHat 6.1, unless those patches can be munged relatively easily. Alpha
> > is a big platform for RedHat.
> > 
> 
> It would be very valid to apply Uncle George's patches to a 6.5.2
> alpha-only release.  If we had an alpha-only release, we would apply
> them too.

Oh, I understand.  Somehow or another I thought 6.5.2 had those patches
integrated.  My error.

> Our problem is that minor releases don't get the same cross-platform
> testing as major releases.

I understand -- I am patch-munging as I write this, after booting into RedHat 6
on my notebook.  If Ryan K is still around, he may find it easier going, as he
did the backpatch to 6.5.1.  There are a couple of failed hunks, and some
reverses.  We'll see how it goes.

Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio