Joerg Schilling wrote:
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.
In case anyone doesn't know, that means "plugged an important security
hole which cdrecord was using."
It should be obviouy that it is impossible to publish
"stable" software for an unstable OS.
Coming up on three years and you still can't handle rejection. Instead
of getting bad status on some vendor-specific commands you prefer, you
COULD just use the similar mmc commands which other burning programs
use, or detect that you're not root and don't even try the fancy
commands. Since other programs can burn without using them, clearly
their use may be desirable, but isn't required.
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.
The rest of the world does not attach a meaning of stable to "alpha," in
general alpha is in-house test, beta is limited public/user release, and
terms like stable or production are used for versions widely tested by
users. I agree that your software usually works, but having no way to
tell if you fixed minor bugs or introduced major features because all
are called alpha... you would do yourself a favor with more timely
stable releases, so people wouldn't still be talking about the old "Pro"
version.
And that's not a complaint, just an observation.
--
Bill Davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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