linux-kernel - Re: A proposal; making 2.6.20 a bugfix only version.

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Message-Id: <1163064401.3138.472.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
Date:	Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:26:41 +0100
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Subject: Re: A proposal; making 2.6.20 a bugfix only version.

On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 14:51 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:22:11 +0100
> Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> wrote:
> 
> > > - A while back, akpm made some statements about being worried that the
> > > 2.6 kernel is getting buggier
> > > (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6069363.html).
> > 
> > and at this years Kernel Summit actual data
> 
> Not true.  70% of surveyed users had hit a new kernel bug. 

70% of surveyed users hit ANY kernel bug. Not "new bugs"
Including "my new wizzbang hardware doesn't work" and "I'll try
something new, oh looky a 4 year old bug" and "this new feature isn't
quite mature yet now that I try it".

One of the things that happened was during early 2.6 udev broke left and
right ABI wise. We've gotten a lot better at that, and that's the kind
of bug that hits a really wide audience.

Statistics can be misleading ... bigtime.
83% of the people also said things were not getting less reliable in
2.6.



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