Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:28:18 +0200 | From | Paolo Ciarrocchi <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.8-rc1 |
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On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 09:43:54 -0700 (PDT), Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote: > > > 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 ;)
Again, I'm really not saying that is not working ;-), I just think that the process could be improved using the tools we already have available.
> (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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