Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262864AbVCDDft (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 22:35:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262840AbVCDDdP (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 22:33:15 -0500 Received: from td9091b2a.pool.terralink.de ([217.9.27.42]:26095 "EHLO tolot.miese-zwerge.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262763AbVCDC7o (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 21:59:44 -0500 Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 03:57:46 +0100 From: Jochen Striepe To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering Message-ID: <20050304025746.GD26085@tolot.miese-zwerge.org> References: <20050302205826.523b9144.davem@davemloft.net> <4226C235.1070609@pobox.com> <20050303080459.GA29235@kroah.com> <4226CA7E.4090905@pobox.com> <422751C1.7030607@pobox.com> <20050303181122.GB12103@kroah.com> <20050303151752.00527ae7.akpm@osdl.org> <20050303234523.GS8880@opteron.random> <20050303160330.5db86db7.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050303160330.5db86db7.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Signature-Color: brightblue Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1177 Lines: 34 Hi, On 03 Mar 2005, Andrew Morton wrote: > 2.6.x is making good progress but there have been a handful of prominent > regressions which seem to be making people think that the whole process is > bust. I don't believe that this has been proven yet. Sorry -- what you (with the vision of a kernel developer) are seeing here surely is interesting, but it's not the point: The point is what the *users* think. Just in case it still hasn't been made clear enough in this thread: If your user base gets the impression the development process isn't reliable any longer, you won't get your kernel tested as much as you want. Please remember why this thread started. It was a proposal to get more users testing the rc kernels. So I hope the latest proposal really helps making releases contain fewer surprises. Greetings, Jochen. -- All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power. -- Ashleigh Brilliant - 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/