Re: Some thoughts about stable kernel development

[Stefan Smietanowski <stesmi@stesmi.com>]

Krzysztof Halasa wrote:

> Stefan Smietanowski <stesmi@stesmi.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>And then someone comes along and says that feature X isn't working in
>>some version. He then reports that "it worked in a.b.c but then someone
>>broke it for a.b.c+1 pre 1. Then you have to tell that person that
>>a.b.c+1 pre 1 isn't newer than a.b.c. Messy. Very messy.
> 
> 
> I think people using testing/ kernels are able to learn such things.

The amount of mail coming to the list with FAQ like that shows that
no, people aren't. Many are, some aren't. Some of those end up asking
things that have been asked a thousand times.

// Stefan