Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262440AbVCCKau (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 05:30:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262442AbVCCKat (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 05:30:49 -0500 Received: from mail-in-07.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.47]:40418 "EHLO mail-in-07.arcor-online.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262440AbVCCK3N (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 05:29:13 -0500 Message-ID: <4226E6F3.2030803@arcor.de> Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 11:29:07 +0100 From: Prakash Punnoor User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050222) X-Accept-Language: de-DE, de, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering References: <20050303002047.GA10434@kroah.com> <200503022121.07679.gene.heskett@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <200503022121.07679.gene.heskett@verizon.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.90.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig56081C1091880B6892F875A2" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3304 Lines: 81 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig56081C1091880B6892F875A2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Gene Heskett schrieb: > On Wednesday 02 March 2005 20:15, Linus Torvalds wrote: > >>On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Greg KH wrote: >> >>>I think this statement proves that the current development >>>situation is working quite well. The nasty breakage and details >>>got worked out in the -mm tree, and then flowed into your tree >>>when they seemed sane. >> >>Actually, the breakage I was talking about got fixed in _my_ tree. >> >>I'd love for the -mm tree to get more testing, but it doesn't. >> > > Well, that might change if, when I came crying to the list about > something thats broken in an -mm release, I wasn't chased off to go > run a "more stable" release. Thats occured 2-3 times in the past > year. A gentoo view: There are lots of patchsets floating around in the gentoo forum based on either vanilla or mm-kernel, but over the months something has changed: Previously most patchsets were based on mm, but now are based on vanilla. Why? Very simple: mm became too unstable. I used to go with a mm based kernel just for fun, but it changed as one kernel had some serious issues with reiserfs - and it is really not fun to lose data. (At least I read about it, before testing that kernel.) Since then i never touched a mm-kernel again, in fact now I even feel scared to put on a vanilla-rc kernel. I do it, but I feel like when I use a "stable" mm-kernel from earlier times... So if you wantpeople to test kernels, they shouldn't be too unstable... And if you want bug reports, make it easier for the user. I know there is a txt file in the kernel src dir, but it would be better, if there would be a complete script which gets all possible need infos itself. Then user driven input could be minimized. Furthermore many users are simple afraid to post to lkml. (They report to forums, but don't want to report to lkml.) Even I often tend to think: Ok, I came across a small bug. Should I post it or should I wait till next rc? Usually I wait, because I feel like getting on people's nerves when I post every little tidbit. Esp if bugreports seem to get ignored motivation goes down to report again... Nevertheless, for a fun loving desktop user, I enjoy the pace the linux kernel is evolving. It was so "boring" the 2.4 days. But on the other hand linux kernel now tends to break various things with each release. I think esp nvidia users now about it... Cheers -- Prakash Punnoor formerly known as Prakash K. Cheemplavam --------------enig56081C1091880B6892F875A2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCJub3xU2n/+9+t5gRAtgHAJ9EjKtzU2wZofPmw1g3BOCxugkz5wCg0754 L620LMXVtH36QA7i9hN++sk= =dbCa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig56081C1091880B6892F875A2-- - 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/