Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Jan 2005 22:43:24 +0100 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: starting with 2.7 |
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On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 04:19:10PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > The problem with the -rc releases is that we try to predict in advance > which releases in advance will be stable, and we don't seem to be able > to do a good job of that.
I really like this description, it's the most accurate description I ever read of an -rc release. I wish you could convince Linus with it.
The problem with -rc is that if we try to predict, it implies that we don't expect to count much on user reports. Then why do an -rc at all if we don't expect enough testings ?
> If we do a release every week, my guess is > that at least 1 in 3 releases will turn out to be stable enough for > most purposes. But we won't know until after 2 or 3 days which > releases will be the good ones.
That's always been my point, and one of the reasons why *some* of Alan's kernels work well.
> In practice, that's all the -rc releases are these days anyway (there > are times when a 2.6.x-rcy release is more stable than 2.6.z). The > problem is that since the -rc releases are called what they are > called, they don't get enough testing.
Perfectly true. I would add that with -rc releases, people only upgrade when we tell them that they can, while with more frequent releases, they upgrade when they *need* to, and can try several versions if the first one they pick does not work.
Regards, Willy
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