Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 03 Mar 2005 14:52:21 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > >>It still does not solve the problem of "untested" releases. Users will >>still ignore the linus-tree-rcX kernels. > > > .. and maybe that problem is unsolvable. People certainly argued > vehemently that anything we do to try to make test releases (renaming etc) > won't help. > > So what do you do if you find an unsolvable problem? You don't solve it: > you make sure it's not a show-stopper.
I disagree it's unsolvable:
1) At some point in the -rc cycle, you put your foot down and say "nothing but bugfixes."
2) Indicate this foot-stomp in a manner that a script can easily notice.
That's all the 2.4.x's -pre/-rc accomplishes. It encourages people to test, by telling them when their testing would be most useful.
Jeff
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