Hi, On 03 Mar 2005, Martin Schlemmer wrote: [Why don't the rc's get the testing they need?] > The first few -rc's was tested by the more conservative users, but then > things broken on them, and they went "what the hell? Is this a -rc?", > and got the currently standard "sorry for your issues, but 2.6 -rc's > *might* be release ready or it might be a accident ready to happen. > Please check LKML for when Linus says to slow down" reply. And how many > of your more conservative users will start to read LKML for that? > > So now you are basically sitting with a situation where -rc's really do > not get the coverage they should, and 'stable' 2.6.x versions are really > not that stable, with lots of excuses being thrown around - its the > distro's job to make a stable kernel - comes to mind. And you know what > - your conservative users (which this horkage is all about) actually > heard that via a friend/whoever that reads LKML. The outcome? - many of > them probably do not even test 2.6.x kernels anymore, but wait for the > distro, or try -ac/-ck kernels until they get an issue there (the sound > issue with fedora that was mentioned comes to mind).
Or they go back to 2.4 kernels. I agree 100% -- this is exactly what I
see when I look around over here.
Many thanks for finding the right words for what I had in mind!
Greetings,
Jochen.
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