Re: Kernel 2.0.30 a bad choice for 1.3

1997-05-25 Thread Sven Rudolph
Scott Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Alexander Koch said: > > 2.0.30 has some problems, undoubtedly. I don't know if they're all fixed > > with > > 2.0.30-6 (it works perfectly fine here) but a usual 2.0.30 is poison... > > I've been following this discussion for a while now, and would lik

Re: Kernel 2.0.30 a bad choice for 1.3

1997-05-25 Thread John Goerzen
Alexander Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2.0.30 has some problems, undoubtedly. I don't know if they're all fixed with > 2.0.30-6 (it works perfectly fine here) but a usual 2.0.30 is poison... > > Do you acively 'use' these features? Do you know the drawbacks and > implications? I can tell y

Re: Kernel 2.0.30 a bad choice for 1.3

1997-05-25 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Koch) wrote on 24.05.97 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Quoting Kai Henningsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Oh, I give in. There really is no excuse. > > There is. No. > 2.0.30 has some problems, undoubtedly. I don't know if they're all fixed > with 2.0.30-6 (it works perfect

Re: Kernel 2.0.30 a bad choice for 1.3

1997-05-25 Thread Scott Barker
Alexander Koch said: > 2.0.30 has some problems, undoubtedly. I don't know if they're all fixed with > 2.0.30-6 (it works perfectly fine here) but a usual 2.0.30 is poison... I've been following this discussion for a while now, and would like someone to explain what's wrong with 2.0.30. I've been

Re: Kernel 2.0.30 a bad choice for 1.3

1997-05-25 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
On May 24, Alexander Koch wrote > 2.0.30 has some problems, undoubtedly. I don't know if they're all fixed with > 2.0.30-6 (it works perfectly fine here) but a usual 2.0.30 is poison... > > Do you acively 'use' these features? Do you know the drawbacks and > implications? > > Though I can underst

Re: Kernel 2.0.30 a bad choice for 1.3

1997-05-24 Thread John Goerzen
"Christoph Lameter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > AFAIK > > Herbert has fixed bugs in the past in 2.0.30 and the current debian version > is already heavily patched. Its not the question of asking him. He already > did it. The question is if all (dont take all to extremes...) bugs known > have fo

Re: Kernel 2.0.30 a bad choice for 1.3

1997-05-24 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Goerzen) wrote on 23.05.97 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sven Rudolph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Christoph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On 21 May 1997, John Goerzen wrote: > > > > > > > Since we know of a number of things that have been broken in 2.0.30 > > > >

Re: Kernel 2.0.30 a bad choice for 1.3

1997-05-24 Thread Christoph Lameter
MAIL PROTECTED]>; debian-devel@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Kernel 2.0.30 a bad choice for 1.3 > Date: Friday, May 23, 1997 6:09 PM > > Sven Rudolph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Christoph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On 21 May 1

Re: Kernel 2.0.30 a bad choice for 1.3

1997-05-24 Thread Camm Maguire
"Boris D. Beletsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On 21 May 1997, John Goerzen wrote: > > Goerzen> Since we know of a number of things that have been broken in > Goerzen> 2.0.30 (such as IP masquerading being totally hosed), why > Goerzen> are we distributing that version with 1.3?

Re: Kernel 2.0.30 a bad choice for 1.3

1997-05-24 Thread John Goerzen
Sven Rudolph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Christoph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On 21 May 1997, John Goerzen wrote: > > > > > Since we know of a number of things that have been broken in 2.0.30 > > > (such as IP masquerading being totally hosed), why are we distributing > > > that version

Re: Kernel 2.0.30 a bad choice for 1.3

1997-05-23 Thread Sven Rudolph
Christoph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 21 May 1997, John Goerzen wrote: > > > Since we know of a number of things that have been broken in 2.0.30 > > (such as IP masquerading being totally hosed), why are we distributing > > that version with 1.3? 2.0.30 has SYN_COOKIES. This is a critical f

Re: Kernel 2.0.30 a bad choice for 1.3

1997-05-22 Thread Boris D. Beletsky
On 21 May 1997, John Goerzen wrote: Goerzen> Since we know of a number of things that have been broken in Goerzen> 2.0.30 (such as IP masquerading being totally hosed), why Goerzen> are we distributing that version with 1.3? It seems like a Goerzen> rather bad idea because it could ve

Re: Kernel 2.0.30 a bad choice for 1.3

1997-05-22 Thread Christoph
2.0.29 is the proper kernel unless Herbert can assure us that he has fixed all known bugs especially in relationship to networking. On 21 May 1997, John Goerzen wrote: > Since we know of a number of things that have been broken in 2.0.30 > (such as IP masquerading being totally hosed), why are we

Kernel 2.0.30 a bad choice for 1.3

1997-05-21 Thread John Goerzen
Since we know of a number of things that have been broken in 2.0.30 (such as IP masquerading being totally hosed), why are we distributing that version with 1.3? It seems like a rather bad idea because it could very well break the setups of a number of people. -- John Goerzen | Running