Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423856AbWKHWzV (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:55:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423857AbWKHWzV (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:55:21 -0500 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:57771 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423856AbWKHWzT (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:55:19 -0500 Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 14:51:50 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Jesper Juhl , Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Adrian Bunk Subject: Re: A proposal; making 2.6.20 a bugfix only version. Message-Id: <20061108145150.80ceebf4.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <1163024531.3138.406.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> References: <9a8748490611081409x6b4cc4b4lc52b91c7b7b237a6@mail.gmail.com> <1163024531.3138.406.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.6; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 823 Lines: 22 On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:22:11 +0100 Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > - A while back, akpm made some statements about being worried that the > > 2.6 kernel is getting buggier > > (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6069363.html). > > and at this years Kernel Summit actual data Not true. 70% of surveyed users had hit a new kernel bug. Of those bugs, 30% remained unresolved. I don't know what our quality targets are, but I suggest they're a little higher than that. > and general consensus showed > this was unfounded fear; There you finger the problem. - 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/