Andrew Dunstan wrote: > >Agreed. Great Bridge was going to test our releases and only distribute > >the good ones --- obviously they were thinking of Linux kernels and not > >PostgreSQL. You almost need a commercial company to do testing with > >Linux kernels. PostgreSQL doesn't require this, and I think Linux is > >popular _in_ _spite_ of their buggy backported kernels (odd numbers?), > >not because of it. > > > > > > > The reason there is a lot of backporting in Linux kernels is that there > is such a lot of time (2 years or more) between major kernel releases. > This is not surprising given the kernel's complexity, but it is not the > case here, with releases every 6 months or so.
But the kernel goes through this reliable/unreliable cycle --- they would be better off just making the old kernel more and more reliable and focusing on the new kernel for features. The reliable/unreliable cycle will kill your user base. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
