Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 25 Nov 2001 15:15:43 +0100 | From | Stephan von Krawczynski <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.16-pre1 |
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On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:34:49 +0100 Dominik Kubla <kubla@sciobyte.de> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 04:39:15PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > > - Correctly sync inodes in iput() (Alexander Viro) > > Given the fact that this bug in a presumably stable linux kernel is > getting quite some attention in the media (electronic and otherwise). It > would be prudent to get out a 2.4.16 which fixes this bug right about > now.
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. Maybe it would be a good idea to declare a good-looking pre-version "stable" after a week delay (for testing) or so, omitting further patches. I think there is no need to fear "bad" media appearance. It's just what makes the difference: we try to solve the problem in case one is found _and_ talk frankly about it. No need to hide. It isn't really the same as shooting down XP/W2K/NT by type'ing a text-file in a console-window...
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