Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 04:51:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 04:51:24 -0500 Received: from hermine.idb.hist.no ([158.38.50.15]:6148 "HELO hermine.idb.hist.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 04:51:12 -0500 Message-ID: <3C0361D1.A4EA110F@idb.hist.no> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 10:50:09 +0100 From: Helge Hafting X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [no] (X11; U; Linux 2.5.1-pre1 i686) X-Accept-Language: no, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Davidsen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel Releases In-Reply-To: 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 Bill Davidsen wrote: > > On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, David Relson wrote: > > I wish you luck. About 18 months ago I offered to set up a testing group > to take kernel source before it with up for ftp and to compile it on > various x86, SPARC{32,64}, and ALPHA machines to be sure it would at least > compile. I was told with varying degrees of rudeness that it would delay > the releases (that is a GOOD thing in stable kernels), and that I should > avoid the 2.4 series and use the "stable" 2.2 kernsls (2.4 IS a stable > kernel of course, although you would never gues it). > Nobody's against you running a compile-test setup. What they don't like is the part about not releasing it until you have tested it. That's because many others want to test too! This is necessary - some may test aspects other than mere compiling. Or perhaps a compiler different from yours. Feel free to serve "known good" kernels - the masses who don't read changelogs or don't want to risk possible new bugs will surely appreciate this. Just don't limit those of us who want to test the very latest - even kernels with known bugs. Maybe the bug won't bother me because I don't use that driver/fs and things like that. I want the kernel even if, say, minixfs is broken. Downloading the latest kernel is _not_ for those who can't deal with occational trouble. Pre or no pre - development or "stable" series. Those who run the latest is the testing team. If they don't want to be, they go for kernels at least a couple of weeks old that haven't gathered trouble reports. Helge Hafting - 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/