Re: New (now current development process)

Willy Tarreau
2005-10-31T06:51:56Z

On Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 01:28:23PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> So I'm planning on continuing with it unchanged for now. Two-week merge
> window until -rc1, and then another -rc kernel roughly every week until
> release. With the goal being 6 weeks, and 8 weeks being ok.
>
> I don't think anybody has been really unhappy with this approach? Hmm?

I believe it was a good experience. However, I still find it sad that
there are changes between the latest -rc and the final version. This
time, it seems it did not cause trouble, but in the past, it happened
several times, because any valid fix can have side effects.

I think that if you could announce what you intend to release with a
message like "I will make this -final tomorrow", there would be some
time to test builds in various configs, and check that no obvious bug
has been introduced.

Regards,
Willy