From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261550AbVHCDbJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 23:31:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262001AbVHCDbJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 23:31:09 -0400 Received: from vms048pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.48]:3216 "EHLO vms048pub.verizon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261550AbVHCDbH (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 23:31:07 -0400 Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 23:30:51 -0400 From: Gene Heskett Subject: Re: Testing RC kernels [KORG] In-reply-to: <20050802191303.09e635c3.rdunlap@xenotime.net> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: webmaster@kernel.org Message-id: <200508022330.51364.gene.heskett@verizon.net> Organization: None, usuallly detectable by casual observers MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline References: <1123007589.24010.41.camel@jy.metro1.com> <200508022204.16204.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <20050802191303.09e635c3.rdunlap@xenotime.net> User-Agent: KMail/1.7 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 02 August 2005 22:13, Randy.Dunlap wrote: >> >I've been complaining about this for some time. Kernel.org really >> > needs to show more information about the rc kernels and how to >> > create them. We want more testers, but I wonder how many people >> > go through the above steps and just give up when things don't >> > work. Luckly Sean was nice enough to email the LKML and ask. >> > >> >My main gripe is that there's no link to 2.6.12 which is what >> > most of the other patches go against. >> >> Can someone with access to the html for kernel.org please fix >> that? We've had several messages now complaining about this. > >Was the request cc-ed to webmaster@kernel.org (along with >the [KORG] in the subject line)? >I can't tell from the email archives. It is as of this message Randy. >> FWIW, gftp users CAN find it, its sitting right in >> the /pub/linux/kernel/2.6 directory in plain sight. > >Sure, anyone can find it if they search enough subdirectories >and know what they are looking for. And my point is that anyone with the skills to build a kernel shouldn't have any problems at all find it with gftp. It comes with a pre-canned set of bookmarks that include ftp.kernel.org. >--- >~Randy -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.