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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:25:15 +0800
From: "Rogelio M. Serrano Jr." <rogelio@smsglobal.net>
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To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [poll] Is the megafreeze development model broken?
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Adrian Bunk wrote:
>>
>> The core libc and supporting libraries is the core. and the toolchain
>> the core dev. Those can be updated twice or even once a year. The kern=
el
>> can be updated once a month if you like.
>>    =20
>
> A new release of the Linux kernel has more than half a million lines of=
=20
> code changed. If you do any estimates based on how many lines of change=
d=20
> code equal one newly introduced bug you see the problem...
>
> And the difference between an upstream kernel and a distribution kernel=
=20
> are 3-6 months of testing and bugfixing.
>
>  =20
True. But the libc and toolchain dont need to be as "dynamic".

>> I stopped using debian myself and used DIY linux based toolchain and
>> libc. Thats the stable core that i have been using for 4 months. If
>> debian can reduce the footprint of the "stable core" and do monthly
>> releases of package bundles i will use it again.
>>    =20
>
> Geeks like you and me want the latest software
> (I'm using Debian unstable/testing).
>
> But most users want a Linux installation that simply works - and this=20
> includes all software on the system at all times.
>  =20
Yeah me too. Sidux and mepis does not do megafreezes. I think whats
needed is to build and test groups of packages that work closely
together and release them frequently as a group.
> cu
> Adrian
>
>  =20


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Democracy is about two wolves and a sheep deciding what to eat for dinner=
=2E


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