| Date | Sun, 25 Nov 2001 19:07:37 +0100 (CET) | From | Tobias Ringstrom <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.16-pre1 |
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On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote:
> The "problem" effectively arises from _fast_ releasing "stable" versions. I > tend to think there should be a slowdown, not a speedup in stable releases, > just because the weird bugs we saw lately were all found shortly after release.
True, but 2.4.15 should have been renamed 2.4.15-dontuse as soon as the corruption bug was discovered, even if there is no 2.4.16 available. The important thing is not to get a new version out quickly, but to prevent spreading of the bad version. IMHO, of course...
/Tobias
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