| From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: 2.0.31 : please! | Date | Wed, 16 Jul 1997 09:33:15 +0100 (BST) |
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> I think a "stable" kernel should be tested by some ten people with > reasonably average configurations for about 24 hours. > A "production" kernel should at least compile.
10 people. Some of the bugs that show up in 2.0.x show up in configurations that maybe 1 in 1000 or 1 in 10,000 users have and perhaps only after a week of continual load. On a 10 user sample 2.0.30 is probably rock solid
A lot of people don't seem to realise just how tricky it is building a stable across all platforms/configurations system.
Alan
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