From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755873AbYEXKbB (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 May 2008 06:31:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754362AbYEXKav (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 May 2008 06:30:51 -0400 Received: from s15216962.onlinehome-server.info ([217.160.22.205]:43615 "EHLO s15216962.onlinehome-server.info" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754325AbYEXKau (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 May 2008 06:30:50 -0400 Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 05:11:06 +0200 From: Enrico Weigelt To: linux kernel list Subject: Re: Suggestion About Kernel Releases Message-ID: <20080524031106.GC12128@nibiru.local> Reply-To: weigelt@metux.de References: <48341ED5.7060508@netone.net.tr> <20080521063855.0bdb441c@infradead.org> <84144f020805210648y43efb024w8e2f28e62894b1d@mail.gmail.com> <48342B19.9040407@netone.net.tr> <170fa0d20805210732s24f2c188i75ab2ab2dab5aeb5@mail.gmail.com> <48343C92.4090403@netone.net.tr> <84144f020805210826p27c1892bxd84098371e209c1e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <84144f020805210826p27c1892bxd84098371e209c1e@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Terror: bin laden, kill bush, Briefbombe, Massenvernichtung, KZ, X-Nazi: Weisse Rasse, Hitlers Wiederauferstehung, 42, X-Antichrist: weg mit schaeuble, ausrotten, heiliger krieg, al quaida, X-Killer: 23, endloesung, Weltuntergang, X-Doof: wer das liest ist doof Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Pekka Enberg wrote: > You keep saying that but it simply is not true. The more people we > have _waiting_ for a "stable" kernel to graduate from the "testing" > series, the less people we have actually _testing_ the kernel. ACK. I, personally use the newest releases on mostly unimportant systems, where a kernel bug is ugly but not that bad. For production systems I use the stableized/well-tested distro kernels, eg. unmasked on Gentoo). If you're using such an distro, you already have an more tested kernel, less chance of bugs (than with vanilla). My suggestion istead is bringing these individual efforts from distros to some central point, let's call this "mature kernel". This (IMHO) wouldn't affect the current development/release process, mission-critical systems can simply use that mature tree, and perhaps some pressure is taken from vanilla. cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------