Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jul 1997 12:09:05 +0200 | From | Harald Koenig <> | Subject | Re: 2.0.31 : please! |
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On Jul 16, 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.
well spoken. and I'd like to add: ... how tricky it might be to fix bugs which one can't reproduce himself!
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