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Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 09:12:10 -0500
From: John Jasen <jjasen1@umbc.edu>
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To: John Alvord <jalvo@mbay.net>
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On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, John Alvord wrote:

> Development kernels are development kernels... nothing else. Look to
> distributors for high degrees of quality assurance testing. When you run a
> development kernel you have joined the development team, even if you don't
> know it. Finding  and reporting bugs is your job...

That's why you stay away from 2.5.x, or 2.4.x-pre, or 2.4.x-ac -- which
are development kernels. 2.4.x kernels are released kernels.

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-- John E. Jasen (jjasen1@umbc.edu)
-- In theory, theory and practise are the same. In practise, they aren't.

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