From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935666AbYEUPM7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 11:12:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1763117AbYEUPMu (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 11:12:50 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:33521 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762376AbYEUPMu (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 11:12:50 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 08:12:29 -0700 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Tarkan Erimer Cc: lkml Subject: Re: Suggestion About Kernel Releases Message-ID: <20080521081229.1e8f8647@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <48343698.3030003@netone.net.tr> References: <48341ED5.7060508@netone.net.tr> <20080521063855.0bdb441c@infradead.org> <48342ADC.3030509@netone.net.tr> <20080521072813.69ae2b0e@infradead.org> <48343698.3030003@netone.net.tr> Organization: Intel X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 21 May 2008 17:50:00 +0300 Tarkan Erimer wrote: > Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > sorry but you're wrong ;( > > calling something -test won't change anything. It just means it'll > > get tested less, not more. > > > > > It's just a suggestion. Of course, I may be wrong ;-) > Why do you think that calling something test means that less testing ? because fewer people will use it compared to a final release. > > > Also the "Slow DOWN please" had NOTHING to do with releases, but > > only with what happens during the actual merge window. > > > Yes, I know. That's what I'm talking about :-) no you're not. You're talking about the tail of a cycle, while the Slow Down thing was ONLY about the first 2 weeks merge window. Since this discussion has all the signs of a derailing thread.. I would strongly suggest we end it here. Not trying to just cut you off, but this has been discussed a lot, and your posts aren't adding something new to that.