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Message-ID: <20080524031106.GC12128@nibiru.local> Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 05:11:06 +0200 From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@...ux.de> To: linux kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Suggestion About Kernel Releases * Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> wrote: > You keep saying that but it simply is not true. The more people we > have _waiting_ for a "stable" kernel to graduate from the "testing" > series, the less people we have actually _testing_ the kernel. ACK. I, personally use the newest releases on mostly unimportant systems, where a kernel bug is ugly but not that bad. For production systems I use the stableized/well-tested distro kernels, eg. unmasked on Gentoo). If you're using such an distro, you already have an more tested kernel, less chance of bugs (than with vanilla). My suggestion istead is bringing these individual efforts from distros to some central point, let's call this "mature kernel". This (IMHO) wouldn't affect the current development/release process, mission-critical systems can simply use that mature tree, and perhaps some pressure is taken from vanilla. cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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