fp5/Linux 2.6 -- anyone got it running?

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Is it just me, or did Jay Ashworth say:
> 
> Well, FWIW, precisely what annoys you is what RH *does not* do in it's
> Enterprise release trains.  For precisely that reason.  That's almost
> exactly *why* they increased the release frequency on the non-RHEL
> distros: to force people for whom it would be a problem to shell every
> year.

Yes, except RH can't even back-port patches into perl without making it
segv, which it is -not- supposed to do under any circumstances.  Especially
on anything as trivial as int(), return(), or sort().  And I -know- it's in
sort(), because it makes no sense that it'd be in the other two.  But they
haven't fixed it in darned near a year in RHEL3.  I'd have to see RHEL4 to
tell you if it's fixed.

RH's track record on kernels in RHEL3 has been less than stellar as well.

For a company I used to defend, they've gone to hell in a handcart--and it
has nothing to do with their financial moves.  Their software started
diving in earnest at RHL 8.0.

If they're going to stay with a release for ages, it should at least be
stable, ya know?

mark->
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