On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 05:30:54PM -0600, Vincent Danen wrote:
>
Vince,
> This question has been answered long ago and the answer is yes.
I think we all know that answer. Yes starts to be belived as no when
it doesn't actually get followed up on with action however.
How long has an 8.0 update kernel been "coming" for? It may sound
harsh, but IMHO, kernel building resources (people, server, whatever)
have no business working on "test" or "beta" kernels while there are
customers whose production systems are being impaired due to buggy
production kernels.
> The
> next (obvious) question is when,
Indeed. From the day it was determined that an update kernel was
needed, all kernel resources should have been put towards an update
kernel for production systems rather than test/beta kernesl. Sure as
work goes, update work is nowhere near as exciting as work with the
bleeding edge, but there are people who are depending on you folks to
keep their production systems workable.
> and I cannot answer that since I am
> not in charge of the kernel. But there will definately be a kernel
> update for 8.0.
WHEN?
I really really really DO NOT want to see another Cooker kernel until
there is an updated production kernel. Sounds like the kernel "guy"'s
manager needs to set some priorities and objectives.
(Not that *I* personally care about all of this -- I just put the last
known good Cooker kernel on the production system -- but it does foul
up update tools like MandrakeUpdate -- which is brokenism of a
different matter altogether)
b.
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Brian J. Murrell
