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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I've got a suggestion to speed up the 2.3 patch
cycle.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>We can still keep the benevolent dictator model
(thanks Linus!).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>What we need to do is speed up the patch testing
cycle.&nbsp; This is now being done thru the maillist.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Could we put together a web-site that allowed
users to vote good/bad on patches against Linux releases?&nbsp; Users would test
a patch against a specific release and then post OK or BAD/WHY on the web
site.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>This way, users could determine their own level
of need/risk in testing patches.&nbsp; And, Linus could use the statistics to
determine when to include a patch in the development kernel (same would be true
of the stable kernel too).&nbsp; Anybody could go the web site and look at the
stats for any patch to determine.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>This way, the anal retentives could say &quot;I
am not dowloading a patch until it is 100% safe),&nbsp; the daring would test
any patch anyway, and the rest of us would pick some point between.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2><BR>This would put virtually no load on Linus
(somebody else would manage the web-site --pretty minimial once it's
setup).</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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