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From: Rene Rebe <rene.rebe@gmx.net>
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On Thu, 6 Dec 2001 17:21:44 -0700
Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca> wrote:

> I gave it as much testing as I could, but there comes a point where
> you don't get any more test reports (because people are lazy) where
> you have to throw it out for a pre-patch which *will* get testing.
> I got tired of begging for people to test it.

OK. Here I'm send me all you would like to get tested!

> Basic chicken and egg problem. It's the same reason Linus released
> 2.4.0-test* when it was really 2.3.99++.

I use devfs for years on workstations. I never had major problems, only
that ALSA needs a few days to follow changes, and some string
cripling when modprobe is called (solved for months) ...

[...]

> Anyway, this is all semantics and history. All that matters is that
> the latest code is much better, and I'm working on getting the last
> wrinkles out. We're still in a pre-patch, so no need to panic yet.
> I've been diligent about fixing things (mostly battling with
> incomplete bug reports).

I try to get more details (than I had in the last IDE one) into my next
reports - sorry ;-)

> 				Regards,
> 
> 					Richard....
> Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
> Current:   rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca


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