From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266881AbUGLPmN (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jul 2004 11:42:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266882AbUGLPmN (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jul 2004 11:42:13 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:17895 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266881AbUGLPmL (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jul 2004 11:42:11 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:42:04 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Paolo Ciarrocchi Cc: Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.8-rc1 Message-ID: <20040712154204.GS4701@fs.tum.de> References: <4d8e3fd3040712023469039826@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4d8e3fd3040712023469039826@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 11:34:59AM +0200, Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote: > On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 11:29:44 -0700 (PDT), Linus Torvalds > wrote: > > > > Ok, there's been a long time between "public" releases, although the > > automated BK snapshots have obviously been keeping people up-to-date. > > Sorry about that, I blame mainly moving boxes and stuff around... > > Maybe I'm just missing the whole point but I wonder if we could define > a series of 'test' a version should pass before being marked as -rc ir > final. > > Now that we have the automated BK snapshots the "public" release seems > to be a minor milestone in the process. > > I would like to see ltp test suite, OSDL's compile stats and OSDL > benchmarking as part of the release process. > > Does it make sense ? Unless he really knows what he's doing, no user should use anything other than the actual releases (i.e. 2.6.7, 2.6.8, 2.6.9,...). 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. 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. > 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