Subject: Re: Linux (YDL) vs. Linux (Intel flavours)
From: Paul J. Lucas (pauljlucas@mac.com)
Date: Thu Mar 14 2002 - 11:16:40 MST
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Romain Kang wrote:
> Last I checked, the RedHat 2.x.y kernel sources were slightly different from
> Linus's 2.x.y. Same with SuSE. Why? I think it's because some of the
> distro houses actually employ some of the principal Linux developers, and
> their pet fixes/enhancements sometimes get into distro before than Linus can
> approve them for his reference sources.
That's pretty much irrelevant for two reasons:
1. The fixes/enhancements will presumeably get into the main
kernel source eventually.
2. The people doing said fixes/enhancements would most likely
be kernel hackers anyway doing it for fun even if they were
not employed by RedHat.
- Paul
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