lucid and 2.6.33?

[Patrick Goetz]

> 
> Subject: Re: lucid and 2.6.33?
> From: Jonathon Fernyhough <j.fernyhough at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:34:20 +0000
>  
> As far as I am aware the important bits of .33 are being integrated
> into the special sauce for the Lucid .32 kernel.
>

Perhaps someone can explain why this makes more sense than just using 
the .33 (or .34) kernel?

Here is my perspective:  what most techies love about linux is the 
ability to know exactly what is going on in the software.  I can go to
h-online.com, or kernelnewbies.org, or even kernel.org and find out 
exactly what a new kernel is going to do for me.  Sometimes I even use 
or need some of these cutting edge features.  When Canonical (or Redhat) 
create a "special sauce" kernel consisting of a little bit of this and a 
little bit of that, I have no idea what I'm actually getting.  It makes 
the whole thing more Microsoft black-box-like.  No bueno.