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SubjectRe: This is really Ridiculous
On Tue, 30 Jul 1996, Terry Dawson wrote:

> Albert Cahalan wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> Yes, bleeding edge. In a period of healing, which is where we are now, as
> opposed to growth which is what the odd numbered minors relate to, then
> bleeding edge means anything new and still being mass-tested. Stable doesn't
> mean bug free, it means no new features. Noone forced anybody to leave 1.2.13
> yet. Nobody could expect a new release without bugs. If you don't want bugs,
> then wait until the bugfixes are in.
>
> I can't see what all the fuss is about.
>
> Terry
>
>
>
Think of it from the standpoint of you wanting to create
a distribution. If every week a new kernel comes out that has to
fix something like a forgotten comma, then you would probably
be in trouble, right? I mean, bugs are "natural", you can't write
code this big without them, that's why it would be nice to
test it a little more before putting it in the stable-kernel-directory.
Afterall, every bug-fix is very likely to introduce a new bug =)

MfG,


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