100% agree with you, Jeff. That's what I wrote in another mail. A real -rc should have only a handful of patches. And even more importantly, the final release MUST be EXACTLY the lastest -rc, without any new surprize.
Willy On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:16:19PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > The reasons -rcs are not as good as they could be is that they include > more than just bug fixes. Users are discouraged from testing because > they must scan LKML, or guess, which -rc that Linus/Andrew started > getting serious about "bugfixes only." > > With the -pre/-rc scheme, it's clear to users. > > With the even/odd scheme, you just devalue releases. Previously, all > releases were worthy of testing and use. Now, half of them aren't. > > Jeff > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
