Re: My thoughts on the "new development model"

William Lee Irwin III
2004-10-26T14:25:12Z

On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 01:40:16AM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> Problem is, kernel.org 'release' kernels are quite buggy. For
> example 2.6.9 has a long list of bugs:
> - superio parports don't work
> - TCP networking using TSO gives memory allocation failures
> - s390 has a serious security bug (sacf)
> - ppp hangup is broken with some peers
> - exec leaks POSIX timer memory and loses signals
> - auditing can deadlock
> - O_DIRECT and mmap IO can't be used together
> - procfs shows the wrong parent PID in some cases
> - i8042 fails to initialize with some boards using legacy USB
> - kswapd still goes into a frenzy now and then
> Sure, the next release will (may?) fix these bugs, but it will definitely
> add a whole set of new ones.

And which of these are new in 2.6.9? The bug list shrinks in newer
releases. The fact there are sometimes new ones is an unavoidable
fact of life. Trying to slow down development won't prevent it.

-- wli