Hi, On 03 Mar 2005, Massimo Cetra wrote: > So, why moving from 2.6.14 to 2.6.15 when, in 2/4 weeks, i'll have a more > stable 2.6.16 ? > Will users help testing an odd release to have a good even release ? Or will > they consider an even release as important as a -RC release ?
From my experience this won't work (at least it won't work as inten- ded). I see a tendency of people going away from Linux-2.6, going back to Linux-2.4, or even going to one of the free BSD's. They go away because they have the feeling they cannot rely any longer on the stabi- lity of the 2.6 kernel branch (there are other issues, but this one is common with most people I talked). What you really need to avoid this (as far as I can see) is a stable Kernel branch that does not give you a huge surprise every time you do a kernel upgrade. Some mediocre statement like "this one might be quite ok" is not enough -- you need to declare that 2.6.EVEN is *stable*, that it is ready for production use. When people give it a test, fix the bugs they find, and release anew without adding any other "improvements". This way the user gets the least surprises when doing the next update -- and that is what gets you more users on 2.6: the users will feel they can *rely* on the stable releases. At least that's how it looks here. And yes, I *know* it's harder to do development when you're stuck with maintaining a stable branch. It's your choice. Greetings, Jochen. -- I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say "Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?" -Mike Godwin
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