Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267375AbUJTOmk (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:42:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264500AbUJTOjO (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:39:14 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:28171 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266574AbUJTOeY (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:34:24 -0400 Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:34:16 +0100 From: Russell King To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Dave Jones , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Rate of change Message-ID: <20041020153416.E14627@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Jeff Garzik , Dave Jones , Linux Kernel References: <41758410.2020200@pobox.com> <20041019213758.GE22334@redhat.com> <20041019213932.GA7383@havoc.gtf.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20041019213932.GA7383@havoc.gtf.org>; from jgarzik@pobox.com on Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 05:39:32PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1197 Lines: 31 On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 05:39:32PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 05:37:59PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 05:16:00PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > > > > 850 changesets and 3383 revisions since 2.6.9 was released, > > > a little over 24 hours ago. > > > > > > That's pretty impressive. > > > > Given a lot of these are backlogs from folks being > > conservative whilst we were in -rc, perhaps this is an > > indication we need shorter -rc periods ? > > > Actually, we need longer non-rc periods :) Personally, I think both of you are right. One major kernel release a month seemed to be about the right rate. Maybe a week and a half of non-rc plus two and a half weeks of -rc would be the right kind of balance? -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 PCMCIA - http://pcmcia.arm.linux.org.uk/ 2.6 Serial core - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/