Re: modem not responding

[Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Tushar wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 15:46, Nicholas Clark wrote:
> > But possibly the bigger reason is that questions keep being asked about
> > *old* 2.4 kernel versions. People aren't asking about 2.4.26 or 2.4.27,
> > but kernels at least 2 years old, that are known to have bugs, and those
> > bugs are known to be fixed in later kernels. If you ask a question about
> > a problem in 2.4.18, it's quite possible that it's fixed by 2.4.27. So
> > you're asking someone to volunteer time to dig through a source tree they're
> > no longer that familiar with, with the strong change that their only reward
> > is being able to tell you that it's a "problem we already fixed"
> > ie COMPLETE WASTE OF THEIR TIME. And remember, THEY ARE NOT GETTING PAID
> > FOR THAT. No money, and no satisfaction. And you wonder why they don't
> > enjoy it?
> 	Better u don't answer them. But the move that all MUST use new 
> kernel throwing away their all work is not correct. I agree that new 
> kernel should be used for new development, but what about maintenance 
> of systems which are using older kernel and can't be upgraded so 
> easily?

Free maintenance from volunteers will always stop suddenly.  Period.

There are commercial alternatives if you really need 2.4.x support.

If you are a commercial provider yourself then your only option is to do 
it by yourself or seek for another Linux consultant with more 
experience.

> 	My point is that support for older kernel must not stop suddenly. Give
> people enough time to move to new kernel and have smooth transition. The
> best way to stop people using 2.4 kernel is to provide better
> alternative.      

And that's exactly what those people willing to do it for free and not 
interested into 2.4.x kernels anymore are working on.


Nicolas

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