From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 14 Aug 2001 03:59:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 14 Aug 2001 03:58:57 -0400 Received: from hermine.idb.hist.no ([158.38.50.15]:4106 "HELO hermine.idb.hist.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 14 Aug 2001 03:58:42 -0400 Message-ID: <3B78D9E9.B7FD98D7@idb.hist.no> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 09:57:29 +0200 From: Helge Hafting X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.8-pre8 i686) X-Accept-Language: no, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: PinkFreud , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Are we going too fast? In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org PinkFreud wrote: [...] > > Matter of opinion. I would say that Linux-2.4 has been way long to come > > and wasn't quite ready for stable status. There are numerous other O/Ses > > That's what I've been attempting to say, as well. It seems to have been > released too quickly - minimal testing, too many bugs. The testing isn't minimal - it is merely ongoing. Users don't pay for the kernel, so they are part of the testing team. If you use anything but a distribution kernel, keep previous kernels around when you upgrade. If the new one fails, report it here and go back to the previous one. The only way to get wide testing is when enough people do this. Helge Hafting