Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 6 Jun 1996 16:57:16 -0500 (CDT) | From | ixx <> | Subject | Re: Linux-2.0 |
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I just saw pre2.0.14... tricky tricky
On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 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. > >
................... : taylor cc (ixx) : :::::::::::::::::::
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