linux-kernel - Re: Slow DOWN, please!!!

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Date:	Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:06:28 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Slow DOWN, please!!!

On Thu, 1 May 2008 14:41:05 +0200
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:

> 
> The testing is not really a part of the process right now, though.
> We somehow hope that the kernel will be tested sufficiently before a
> major release, but we don't measure the testing coverage, for
> example.

Well. Take 2.6.25.. we know Fedora shipped it in their alpha's and
betas (and in rawhide). Those are used by a lot of people; so for me
that's a whole bunch of coverage right there. Is it perfect? No.
But in a way it's in the spirit of open source: the people who care
about a stable release the most (distros) [1], helped us getting this
tested. The other people on this thread we care greatly at least also
help us test in general.


[1] Not trying to say no single person wouldn't care; but a distro
tends to care more due to the sheer number of users... 
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