Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:06:22 +0200 (MEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: Enough with the ad-hoc naming schemes, please |
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On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Russell King wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 11:38:07AM -0700, cliff white wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:08:51 -0500 > > Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> wrote: > > > I can't help but notice you've broken all the tools that rely on a > > > stable naming scheme TWICE in the span of LESS THAN ONE POINT RELEASE. > > > > > > In both cases, this could have been avoided by using Marcello's 2.4 > > > naming scheme. It's very simple: when you think something is "final", > > > you call it a "release candidate" and tag it "-rcX". If it works out, > > > you rename it _unmodified_ and everyone can trust that it hasn't > > > broken again in the interval. If it's not "final" and you're accepting > > > more than bugfixes, you call it a "pre-release" and tag it "-pre". > > > Then developers and testers and automated tools all know what to > > > expect. > > > > Speaking for OSDL's automated testing team, we second this motion. > > <aol>me too</aol> I've already made some representations to Linus > in private, and now I'm actively queueing up patches which have been > sitting around since the start of -rc1. I, for one, no longer believe > in any naming scheme associated with mainline.
Ah, I'm not the only one! Apparently not all obvious fixes for things that got obviously broken in 2.6.9-rc* were applied :-(
Not to mention e.g. the m68k signal handling got broken because of the removal (without any warning in advance on linux-arch) of notify_parent(), which is BTW still used by 5 archs, either in code or in comments (never trust comments?).
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert (sometimes frustrated maintainer, sometimes typing emails without much calming down first ;-)
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