| Date | Wed, 16 Jul 1997 15:09:48 +0100 | From | "Manuel J. Galan" <> | Subject | Re: 2.0.31 : please! |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > 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
YES !!
Just do the following multiplication:
No. of different mainboards x No. of different CPU x No. of different RAM manufacturers x No. of different video cards x No. of different hard disk interfaces x IDE + SCSI etc x Network x hard disks x add on cards (sound, isdn, etc., etc., etc...)
Maybe it could be possible to build a different computer for each human being in Earth !!
M. J. G.
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