Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Dec 2001 17:10:20 -0600 (CST) | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | re: Linux 2.4.17 |
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On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > > Here it is... > > > > > > > > > final: > > > > > > - Fix more loopback deadlocks (Andrea Arcangeli) > > > - Make Alpha with Nautilus chipset and > > > Irongate chipset configuration compile > > > correctly (Michal Jaegermann) > > > > Um, what happened to the idea of 'no changes between the last > > release candidate and final'? > > I haven't said that, did I?
No, but it's a good idea. There's always the risk of breaking something and you don't want to introduce a disk-eating bug between -rc and -final. It's better to ship one more -rc and wait a day before -final. If you don't, people will just get in the habit of waiting a day after -final to be safe.
> I said I would make -rc kernels which would not add any new _feature_.
That's less important.
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