Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 6 Jun 1996 17:57:44 +0300 (EET DST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: Linux-2.0 |
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Just kidding, folks..
Anyway, I wasn't kidding about the "final pre-release", so you really _should_ take a good look at pre2.0.13 and holler about any problems you encounter. Note that Linux-2.0 will not be the "Linux to end all Linuxes", and if your favourite feature hasn't made it into the latest kernels, don't feel too bad. We have at least 5 major numbers to go before we can even catch up with some of the competition.
Now, I haven't been very good at writing the release notes, because I stopped at some point when vger was so slow that it didn't make much sense. vger has been back, but I've been slow to start writing release notes again.. Anyway, as pre2.0.13 is the final pre-release, you obviously automatically know that all the bugs are gone, and that this is just a release to check that you're all awake and still following the list. The real 2.0 will be the same, except we'll change the name of some things.
HOWEVER, in the unlikely case that there are still problems, I'd like to hear about them. We may not be able to fix all the problems in the world in the last day or two of 2.0 development, but at least we can try. So consider it your civic duty to bother enough that you try this out, ok?
Yes, I know you're all laughing your heads off and feeling a pity for poor optimistic Linus, but hey, deciding when to release the d*mn things is my prerogative. So there..
Linus
---- In case you care, pre-2.0.12 -> pre-2.0.13 does: - various documentation stuff. - random drievr update - mcdx and sbpcd updates - pty packet mode disable fixes - baycom driver bugfix - lance driver support for PCnet PCI II (where do people find these silly names?) - SMC ultra packet corruption fix - BusLogic driver update - standard UIO_MAXIOV name (and size) - SMB conditional disable of long filenames - various net fixes - the TCP send_queue used to get corrupted by local firewalling rules etc. - mmap() checks sizes.
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