Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Jul 2004 09:43:54 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.8-rc1 |
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On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > The Linux kernel development process isn't that much formalized. But if > someone finds a serious new problem in a -rc kernel a fix will usually > go into the next -rc.
Indeed.
The whole _point_ of -rc kernels is to find silly problems.
Trying to have a release mechanism for -rc kernels in order to avoid some problems in them would kind of defeat the point. The -rc kernels are there to encourage people who wouldn't want to just take a daily shapshot to tell us when we break things - and clearly it's working ;)
(There's also a totally nontechnical point to -rc kernels: it's a way to tell people to calm down a bit. Usually we have a backlog that gets filled up after a kernel release, and then with the -rc kernels people usually slow down feeding non-critical stuff to me. At least a bit)
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