Why should we update the kernel and FreeCom only with major releases? Can't we just do that with non-release updates? Linux pushes out a new kernel revision every 45 minutes and it has worked for many years.
On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 at 16:43, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > > On Dec 21, 2024, at 9:13 AM, Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel > > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > is there any interest in getting builds of the Kernel and FreeCOM master > > branches into the next interim release? > > > > I could build them and upload them into the FreeDOS Gitlab Archive unstable > > branch. But as there are no official releases of these components yet, I > > think this should be discussed first... > > > > My personal opinion is that it takes way too long for the improvements in > > these components to land in the interim releases. > > > > Bernd > > Since Interim Build T2501 will be FreeDOS 1.4-RC1, it will be built from the > master/main branch. Excluding FDI and FDI-x86, those will get a temporary > “candidate" branch that will be used. > > Therefore, during the RC phase for 1.4, changes pushed to an “unstable” > branch will not effect the upcoming interim builds until after FreeDOS > 1.4-Final is released and we start providing normal interim builds again. > > It is possible to provide both an RC and separate Interim Test Build > simultaneously. But, I honestly don’t see much point in providing two > different builds for the short time we will be providing the RC builds. > > At this point, I don’t think there will be any Kernel or FreeCOM update in > the next OS release. Those would require a lot of testing and delay 1.4 for a > long while. I think it is more important to get some of those critical bug > fixes out to the public. Things like the FDISK bug that would rewrite > partition tables it does not understand just from launching the program, > really need released as soon as possible. Sure, a user could download those > directly. But, they are far more likely to just use the LiveCD. > > So, unless the community wants both an RC and Interim build, I think that > updating FreeCOM and the Kernel unstable branches can wait until after > FreeDOS 1.4-Final is released. > > :-) > > Jerome > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
