re: Linux 2.4.17

Oliver Xymoron
2001-12-21T23:11:17Z

On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

> > > Here it is...
> > >
> > >
> > > final:
> > >
> > > - Fix more loopback deadlocks (Andrea Arcangeli)
> > > - Make Alpha with Nautilus chipset and
> > > Irongate chipset configuration compile
> > > correctly (Michal Jaegermann)
> >
> > Um, what happened to the idea of 'no changes between the last
> > release candidate and final'?
>
> I haven't said that, did I?

No, but it's a good idea. There's always the risk of breaking something
and you don't want to introduce a disk-eating bug between -rc and -final.
It's better to ship one more -rc and wait a day before -final. If you
don't, people will just get in the habit of waiting a day after -final to
be safe.

> I said I would make -rc kernels which would not add any new _feature_.

That's less important.

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