Re: modem not responding

[Tushar <tushar@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 20:36, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> 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.
	I need to make it clear that I have 2.6.8 kernel with me and I am using
that for cross compilation. My code is not dependent on any kernel or
even OS (I am using the same code on windows). Also neither to me nor to
my organization, it makes any difference 2.4 is supported or not. So
there is no personal problem as such. The only thing I am worried about
is such way we will leave behind some community members who are neither
capable of writing things for new kernel nor getting help for older one.
Any way, I am stopping here.
> 
> > 	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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