Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:30:49 -0400 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: The naming wars continue... |
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Nick Piggin wrote:
> Linus I agree it isn't a huge issue. The main thing for me is that > I could just give a _real_ release candidate more testing - run it > through some regression tests, make sure it functions OK on all my > computers, etc. I expect this would be helpful for people with large > sets of regression tests, and maybe those maintaining 'other' > architectures too. > > I understand there's always "one more" patch to go in, but now that > we're doing this stable-development system, I think a week or two > weeks or even three weeks to stabalize the release with only > really-real-bugfixes can't be such a bad thing. > > 2.6.x-rc (rc for Ridiculous Count) can then be our development > releases, and 2.6.x-rc (rc for Release Candidate) are then closer > to stable releases (in terms of getting patches in). > > Optionally, you could change Ridiculous Count to PRErelease to avoid > confusion :) > > Other than that I don't have much to complain about... so keep up the > good work!
I do agree that the pre and rc names gave a strong hint that (-pre) new features would be considered or (-rc) it's worth doing more serious testing. If Linux doesn't like this any more, perhaps some other way to indicate the same thing would be desirable. I admit that the kernel has gotten so good that I only try -rc (by whatever name) kernel, I'm not waiting for the next big thing. I think that's really good, actually.
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