Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:41:09 +0100
From: Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Cc: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@gmail.com>,
       Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com>,
       linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: New (now current development process)
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On Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 01:28:23PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
 
> So I'm planning on continuing with it unchanged for now. Two-week merge 
> window until -rc1, and then another -rc kernel roughly every week until 
> release. With the goal being 6 weeks, and 8 weeks being ok.
> 
> I don't think anybody has been really unhappy with this approach? Hmm?

I believe it was a good experience. However, I still find it sad that
there are changes between the latest -rc and the final version. This
time, it seems it did not cause trouble, but in the past, it happened
several times, because any valid fix can have side effects.

I think that if you could announce what you intend to release with a
message like "I will make this -final tomorrow", there would be some
time to test builds in various configs, and check that no obvious bug
has been introduced.

Regards,
Willy

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