Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 25 Nov 2001 17:34:29 +1100 | From | CaT <> | Subject | Re: Kernel Releases |
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On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 09:49:39PM -0800, John Alvord wrote: > Development kernels are development kernels... nothing else. Look to > distributors for high degrees of quality assurance testing. When you run a > development kernel you have joined the development team, even if you don't > know it. Finding and reporting bugs is your job...
2.x.y, where x is even, is not a development kernel. It's a release kernel. 2.x.y, where x is odd is a development kernel 2.x.yprez is a development kernel
I think his point is that recently, 2.x.y where x is even has been of the same quality as a development kernel. Blatantly nasty bugs are in it and they really shouldn't be. And so, in order to test things out better he effectively saying that putting a -rcz tag on it will help as it'll indicate a release candidate and as such might get more ppl to use it. Once no obvious issues show up with those, put it as a release.
No real extra work required. You just need to make a decision of 'enough stuffing about. I wanna make a release soon' and start labelling acordingly. This doesn't mean -rcz will be release quality. It just means that it's close to it. It still wont mean it's 100% bug free but it's an extra chance to catch the bad stuff.
All in all, it's not a bad idea[tm].
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