I saw this changelog in the rawhide build file of today.
kernel-2.4.22-1.2096.nptl
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* Tue Oct 14 2003 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- More merges from 2.4.23pre
Maybe a stupid question, but I'm just curious: why does RedHat (and also
other distro providers) do this? Why don't they just ship the official
2.4.22 kernel and just wait until the 2.4.23 kernel gets released?
It's probably due to the fact that the RedHat Linux kernel is a modified
version (a fork) of the official kernel. But is this forking/merging
worth the effort? It takes quite some time to do all this and also there
is a possibility to introduce extra bugs.
Wouldn't it be better for RedHat if RedHat just sends the patches to
Linus and company, and just accept the fact that they maybe don't accepted?
Thanks
Jaap