From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266884AbUGLQea (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:34:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266885AbUGLQea (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:34:30 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:3556 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266884AbUGLQe2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:34:28 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 18:34:17 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Paolo Ciarrocchi Cc: Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.8-rc1 Message-ID: <20040712163417.GT4701@fs.tum.de> References: <4d8e3fd3040712023469039826@mail.gmail.com> <20040712154204.GS4701@fs.tum.de> <4d8e3fd304071208566280e89b@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4d8e3fd304071208566280e89b@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 05:56:14PM +0200, Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote: >... > > OSDL does some tests for any -rc and many other people like me do other > > testing. Besides this, most patches already got similar treatment in > > -mm. This might not be a base for an ISO 9000 certificate, but it seems > > to be sufficietely working for finding most problems before the acttual > > release. > > OSDL does some test for any -rc but the results of these tests don't affect > the release process. At least not in an official way. The Linux kernel development process isn't that much formalized. But if someone finds a serious new problem in a -rc kernel a fix will usually go into the next -rc. Compared to some other open source projects like e.g. Debian the Linux kernel has a pretty well-working release process (and the 2.6 development avoided several mistakes of the 2.4 development). > > It would be more important if Linus would release one last -rc that will > > be released unchanged (except for EXTRAVERSION a few days later to catch > > bugs in last minute changes. This might catch more problems like the JFS > > compile problem in 2.6.7. > > Right, > and in those days may be OSDL could run the testsuite we are discussing about. The way kernel releases currently work IMHO works well with the exception that there should be a last -rc that should be released as -final a few days later if no problems show up. What other actual problems do you currently observe? > ciao, Paolo cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed