On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
It still does not solve the problem of "untested" releases. Users will
still ignore the linus-tree-rcX kernels.
.. and maybe that problem is unsolvable. People certainly argued vehemently that anything we do to try to make test releases (renaming etc) won't help.
So what do you do if you find an unsolvable problem? You don't solve it: you make sure it's not a show-stopper.
I disagree it's unsolvable:
1) At some point in the -rc cycle, you put your foot down and say "nothing but bugfixes."
2) Indicate this foot-stomp in a manner that a script can easily notice.
That's all the 2.4.x's -pre/-rc accomplishes. It encourages people to test, by telling them when their testing would be most useful.
Jeff
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