Seth Kurtzberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > There hasn't been a stable Linux kernel release since 2.4.*. Linux 2.6.*
> > is a development series.
>
> Indeed, that's true. New hardware appears at a furious pace, and thus in
> many situations using the 2.4 kernel is not an option, but that should not
> lead to delusions about the 2.6 kernel. This isn't criticism of the kernel;
> the rate of changes simply implies that it's a development kernel rather than
> a stable kernel.
This is the problem I have on Linux.
In August 2004, I did publish cdrtools-2.01final
and a week later Linux did break the kernel interfaces.
It should be obviouy that it is impossible to publish
"stable" software for an unstable OS.
BTW: Every cdrtools release is intended to be a "stable"
release. It makes no sense to take less care for "betas".
There are of course some periods when I introduce new
technology where the probability to observe a bug is higher
than usual, but this is not intended. I do codereviews for
every release before I publish it.
Jörg
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