Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Mar 2001 13:02:26 -0500 (EST) | From | Shawn Starr <> | Subject | Re: Kernel QA |
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I disagree, 2.4.x is "stable" and as such we need as many people to use the kernels to see whats wrong with them. 2.4 *DOES* Work, I've had very small problems (ok, the thread hanging issue was a big one) but other then that It's been solid.
It depends on the hardware.
Shawn.
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, James Lewis Nance wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 12:13:32AM -0800, David Konerding wrote: > > > No, the point is that the linux developers should regression test their > > code BEFORE > > releasing it to the public as a version like "2.4.2". When I see a > > version like "2.4.2", I have an expectation that all the stupid little > > problems (like mounting loopback filesystem) have already been found. > > You bring up a good point. We call the even branches the stable branches > and we do other things that promote the idea that people should be able to > download a 2.even.X kernel, install it on their machine, and expect it to > work. I think we need to back away from this idea. It seems to me that > the real (perhaps not the intended) function of kernel releases is keeping > kernel developers in sync. Promoting the idea that they are thought to be > suitable for production use just gets us in trouble. > > Instead I think we need to encourage people who want to use Linux, > rather than develop it, to use kernels from a distribution. After all, > the distributors put a lot of effort into doing QA and putting together a > compatable system, we should leverage that. We need to ensure that people > know that when they install the latest kernel from Linus, they are the QA. > > Please note that I am not trying to say that we should not try and > make the kernels we release as good as possible. It certainly makes > things a lot better for everyone if bugs dont get introduced by new > kernel versions. I do think we need to be more explicit about exactly > what people should and should not be able to expect from a "Linus kernel". > > Thanks, > > Jim > - > 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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