Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 30 Jun 1999 03:58:13 -0400 (EDT) | | From | Stephen Frost <> | | Subject | Re: The stability crisis |
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On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Rene Chaddock wrote:
> For whats its worth, I agree 2.2.x it way too unstable. I wouldn't > recommend anybody switch to it as it stands now.
I've yet to have any problems w/ anything in the 2.2.x series... Different people/configurations are of varying stabilities, of course...
> I've not had huge problems, mostly sound problems (which I am hoping to > look into as part of my first dip into kernel 'hacking') and a single > complete hang in X, but from reading the list and seeing the file > corruption 'reading beyond end of device' errors people have had in > 2.2.10, I fell that something has gone wrong in the development process.
I've yet to have any FS corruption under 2.2.10, and I believe they've got a hold of that particular bug, though I didn't hear about it in 2.2.10 as much as in 2.3.x... Though I don't always follow very closely. ;)
> The scary thing is that the 2.3 codebase is branched off the relatively > unstable 2.2 codebase, so 2.4 will have the bugs introduced in 2.3, AND > ones from 2.2 that didn't/may not get fixed.
Changes generally get incorportated in both branches...
> I really don't care about NT and FUD, but I would like to see things going > more in the direction of the 2.0.x kernels in terms of stability. > > I don't think its proper to draw attention away from the 2.2.10 problems > with a comment as to how it is still maturing - Sure 2.0.x took 37 > iterations to become 'fully' stable, but its troubling that there is so > much concern about the 2.3.x file corruption, and nothing about the 2.2.x > corruption (even though I personally don't experience it). > > Fall isn't that far away, and I would really like to feel more confident > in the 2.2 kernel I'm running now before switching to the bigger and > better 2.4 :P > > :( My two cents, anyway. I've been concerned for a bit, but don't consider > myself talented enough programmer to actively do anything about it (I'm > still learning...)
Well, report any problems you do have... :)
Stephen
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