2.6.37 considered stable?

2.6.37 considered stable?

[Martin Knoblauch]

Hi Greg,

 just curious and no criticism intended :-) Is 2.6.37 so stable, that it doesn't 
need fixes? I mean, it is almost a month out in the wild and no stable release.

 And no, I have no urgent issues. As I said, just curious.

Happy weekend

Martin------------------------------------------------------
Martin Knoblauch
email: k n o b i AT knobisoft DOT de
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Re: 2.6.37 considered stable?

[Mike Galbraith]

On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 04:51 -0800, Martin Knoblauch wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
>  just curious and no criticism intended :-) Is 2.6.37 so stable, that it doesn't 
> need fixes? I mean, it is almost a month out in the wild and no stable release.

We're lulling bugs into a false sense of security.  We'll slaughter them
by the hundreds in their sleep :)

	-Mike

Re: 2.6.37 considered stable?

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday, February 04, 2011, Mike Galbraith wrote:
>On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 04:51 -0800, Martin Knoblauch wrote:
>> Hi Greg,
>> 
>>  just curious and no criticism intended :-) Is 2.6.37 so stable, that
>>  it doesn't
>> 
>> need fixes? I mean, it is almost a month out in the wild and no stable
>> release.
>
>We're lulling bugs into a false sense of security.  We'll slaughter them
>by the hundreds in their sleep :)
>
>	-Mike

Chuckle.  I've been running 2.6.37 here, with all of that new group 
scheduling stuff enabled, the desktop feels great and my only fuss is that 
kaffiene, when watching digital tv on my pcHD-3000 card, is NOT getting 
enough time so both the audio and the video have little 20 millisecond 
holes chopped in them at sub-second intervals.  Not the most pleasant thing 
to watch.  I would appreciate any suggestions on how to get such an  
application a higher priority.

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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Re: 2.6.37 considered stable?

[Mike Galbraith]

On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 08:32 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:

> Chuckle.  I've been running 2.6.37 here, with all of that new group 
> scheduling stuff enabled, the desktop feels great and my only fuss is that 
> kaffiene, when watching digital tv on my pcHD-3000 card, is NOT getting 
> enough time so both the audio and the video have little 20 millisecond 
> holes chopped in them at sub-second intervals.  Not the most pleasant thing 
> to watch.  I would appreciate any suggestions on how to get such an  
> application a higher priority.

If you have something that really needs tons of CPU, you can try echo
-10 > /proc/pid/autogroup.  If your app has realtime constraints though,
nothing but realtime scheduling will help.

	-Mike

Re: 2.6.37 considered stable?

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Feb 04, 2011 at 04:51:48AM -0800, Martin Knoblauch wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
>  just curious and no criticism intended :-) Is 2.6.37 so stable, that it doesn't 
> need fixes? I mean, it is almost a month out in the wild and no stable release.
> 
>  And no, I have no urgent issues. As I said, just curious.

There is a .37.1 release planned soon, there is a queue of pending
patches for it already in the stable-queue tree if you are curious.

I've just been busy with work and travel lately, combined with nothing
"major" to warrent a new stable release, which has caused the delay.

thanks,

greg k-h