Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:34:16 +0100 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: Rate of change |
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On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 05:39:32PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 05:37:59PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 05:16:00PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > > > > 850 changesets and 3383 revisions since 2.6.9 was released, > > > a little over 24 hours ago. > > > > > > That's pretty impressive. > > > > Given a lot of these are backlogs from folks being > > conservative whilst we were in -rc, perhaps this is an > > indication we need shorter -rc periods ? > > > Actually, we need longer non-rc periods :)
Personally, I think both of you are right. One major kernel release a month seemed to be about the right rate. Maybe a week and a half of non-rc plus two and a half weeks of -rc would be the right kind of balance?
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