Re: Kernel QA

2001-03-27 Thread Alexander Valys
On Tuesday 27 March 2001 08:51, James Lewis Nance wrote: > Instead I think we need to encourage people who want to use Linux, > rather than develop it, to use kernels from a distribution. I hope that's not the opinion of all the kernel developers - where does that leave distributions like

Re: Kernel QA

2001-03-27 Thread Shawn Starr
I disagree, 2.4.x is "stable" and as such we need as many people to use the kernels to see whats wrong with them. 2.4 *DOES* Work, I've had very small problems (ok, the thread hanging issue was a big one) but other then that It's been solid. It depends on the hardware. Shawn. On Tue, 27 Mar

Kernel QA

2001-03-27 Thread James Lewis Nance
On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 12:13:32AM -0800, David Konerding wrote: > No, the point is that the linux developers should regression test their > code BEFORE > releasing it to the public as a version like "2.4.2". When I see a > version like "2.4.2", I have an expectation that all the stupid little

Kernel QA

2001-03-27 Thread James Lewis Nance
On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 12:13:32AM -0800, David Konerding wrote: No, the point is that the linux developers should regression test their code BEFORE releasing it to the public as a version like "2.4.2". When I see a version like "2.4.2", I have an expectation that all the stupid little

Re: Kernel QA

2001-03-27 Thread Shawn Starr
I disagree, 2.4.x is "stable" and as such we need as many people to use the kernels to see whats wrong with them. 2.4 *DOES* Work, I've had very small problems (ok, the thread hanging issue was a big one) but other then that It's been solid. It depends on the hardware. Shawn. On Tue, 27 Mar

Re: Kernel QA

2001-03-27 Thread Alexander Valys
On Tuesday 27 March 2001 08:51, James Lewis Nance wrote: Instead I think we need to encourage people who want to use Linux, rather than develop it, to use kernels from a distribution. I hope that's not the opinion of all the kernel developers - where does that leave distributions like