From: jw schultz <jw@pegasys.ws>
To: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.21-rc8
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 01:17:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030612081752.GE30794@pegasys.ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030612.6274686@knigge.local.net>
On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 06:27:46AM +0000, Michael Knigge wrote:
> imho the patch have to be included in 2.4.21 and (imho) it is a bad
> practice to release a piece of software with a known bug (especially
> if a fix is available).
A Linux kernel is not a "piece" of software. It is a
compilation of software from many sources. Marcelo juggles
the many tightly knit pieces of software and patches that
comprise the kernel. At any time there are known bugs in
some part of it. It takes a very careful hand to balance
frequency of releases vs stability of code vs bugs affecting
many or few. Marcelo is doing quite well at something where
there will always be a few people disappointed.
Saying it is a bad idea to release a kernel with known bugs
is like saying it is a bad idea to buy a computer when the
price will be going down soon. Would you care to delay
2.4.21 until next spring or would you rather get the fixes
it contains today and have 2.4.22 with your pet fix on
(hopefully) a scale of weeks?
Thank you, Marcelo.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-12 8:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-10 22:06 Linux 2.4.21-rc8 Marcelo Tosatti
2003-06-10 23:56 ` Frank Cusack
2003-06-11 0:10 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2003-06-11 21:15 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2003-06-12 6:27 ` Michael Knigge
2003-06-12 7:56 ` Jörn Engel
2003-06-12 8:09 ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-06-12 18:46 ` Aschwin Marsman
2003-06-12 8:17 ` jw schultz [this message]
2003-06-11 4:39 ` Lucas Correia Villa Real
2003-06-12 22:23 ` Jerome Chantelauze
2003-06-13 9:31 ` Alan Cox
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2003-06-12 8:59 John Bradford
2003-06-12 16:30 ` iain d broadfoot
2003-06-13 11:29 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
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