Re: stable? quality assurance?

Willy Tarreau
2010-07-12T04:18:25Z

Hi Rafael,

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 11:38:28PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > It's not really advisable to call dot-0 releases "unstable" because
> > it will only result in shifting the adoption point between the user
> > classes above.
>
> IMnshO it's not exactly fair to call them "stable" either. I tend to call them
> "major releases" which basically reflects what they are - events in the
> development process that each start a new merge window. Nothing more, either
> way.

Indeed, just exactly that. Maybe the confusion comes from the title
"Latest Stable Kernel" on kernel.org, which we could rename "Latest
Kernel Release" whatever it reflects ?

Willy