Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 May 2004 08:53:12 -0700 | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | Subject | Distributions vs kernel development |
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After having being burned twice: first by Mandrake and supermount, and second by SuSe and reiserfs attributes; are any of the distributions committed to making sure that their distribution will run the standard kernel? (ie. 2.6.X from kernel.org). When running a non-vendor kernel, I need to reasonably expect that the system will boot and all the filesystems and standard devices are available. I don't expect every startup script to run clean, or every device that has a driver only in the vendor kernel to work.
But kernel developers need to be able run a standard environment. This effects both day to day kernel testing and automated test environments like PLM and STP. I am not saying it is bad that the distributions try to satisfy their customers, or create a better experience; they just need to stop breaking things, and add running a standard kernel as part of their QA cycle.
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