From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S936334AbYEURbx (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 13:31:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932894AbYEURbo (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 13:31:44 -0400 Received: from sous-sol.org ([216.99.217.87]:52648 "EHLO sous-sol.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932809AbYEURbn (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 13:31:43 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 10:31:27 -0700 From: Chris Wright To: Tarkan Erimer Cc: Arjan van de Ven , lkml Subject: Re: Suggestion About Kernel Releases Message-ID: <20080521173109.GD4018@sequoia.sous-sol.org> References: <48341ED5.7060508@netone.net.tr> <20080521063855.0bdb441c@infradead.org> <48342ADC.3030509@netone.net.tr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48342ADC.3030509@netone.net.tr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Tarkan Erimer (tarkan@netone.net.tr) wrote: > To make kernel releases more stable/tested via "testX" series, as recently > discussed by David Miller's "Slow DOWN, please!!!" thread. Arjan already pointed out that this was about the merge window, not the tail. > These "testX" > releases will give more opportunity and time to test more these new > releases. Also, with the aim of the "testX" series, the new kernel release > schedules/merge windows will be not slow down. Even, Linus can releases new > kernels more quickly. Because, testing purpose should be handled by someone > else like Chris did for 2.6.x.y. (BTW, Greg does 2.6.x.y as well). What you are missing is that it is not Greg and I who are doing the bulk of testing for 2.6.x.y. It's the entire community, and adding additional stage to the tail or the release cycle will not increase testing coverage. History shows it'll just postpone it. thanks, -chris