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Subject: Re: Testing Kernel Releases Before Being Released (Was Re: Re: loop back broken in 2.2.14)
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Matthew D. Pitts wrote:

> Umm... Linus, when are you going to open the 2.5.x development cycle? That
> is how we used to catch this kind of thing.


*eager to test 2.5* I guess that's one good idea, yes... less 'beta' in
the current 'stable' tree means that there actually is a dev tree.

And we're back at what Sean Elble wrote about SGI having two
trees for IRIX.

Fran?ois


> Matthew D. Pitts
> Pitts Computer Services
> mpitts@suite224.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fran?ois Cami" <stilgar2k@wanadoo.fr>
> To: "Sean Elble" <S_Elble@yahoo.com>
> Cc: <joeja@mindspring.com>; "John Alvord" <jalvo@mbay.net>;
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> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 8:03 PM
> Subject: Re: Testing Kernel Releases Before Being Released (Was Re: Re: loop
> back broken in 2.2.14)
> 
> 
> 
>>I am wondering too... Anyone got ideas on this ?
>>
>>I would like to avoid some specific problems... especially
>>bugs that show up when compiling a certain module / feature
>>of the kernel, like the loopback in 2.4.14.
>>
>>Those should be very easy to get rid of
>>[it only takes some kernel testers to debug that early, if only
>>there actually were a feature freeze that last for one day...].
>>
>>Fran?ois
>>
> 
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