Messages in this thread |  | | From | Allan Sandfeld <> | Subject | Re: Kernel Releases | Date | Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:22:36 +0100 |
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On Sunday 25 November 2001 05:27, David Relson wrote:
<snip> > When the kernel maintainer, now Marcelo for 2.4, is ready to release the > next kernel, for example 2.4.16, I suggest he switch from "pre?" to "-rc1" > (as in release candidate). A day or two with -rc1 will quickly show if it > has a show stopper. If so, then the minor fixes (and nothing else) go into > -rc2. A day or two ..., and either -rc3 appears or we have a stable > release and 2.4.16 is ready to be released.
Like Linus said, it's a statistical problem: An unofficial kernel would never get the same attention as a released one. We would keep seeing problems arise once the kernel has been released.
One thing we could do, was to do the same as the vendors do, and maintain a -post kernel with the most glaring bug-fixed, especially build-ones.
The need to do it however is not that big.. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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