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On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 01:57:38AM -0700, Bill Anderson wrote: |
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: Hello all, new soon-to-be-trying-gentoo person here. |
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: Jerry A! wrote: |
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: > : 4. kernel confusion |
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: > : When all is said and done why not just go with 2.4.0 stable? My neophyte |
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: > : logic says that if it's a final kernel release that has been blessed by |
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: > : Linus than at the very least, it must be more stable than the 2.3.X series |
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: > : or the 2.4.0-testX series (I don't know where the ac1/2/3 fit into this). |
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: > Ahh, grasshopper. When many release cycles you've been through, trust a |
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: > point-oh release you will not. |
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: As compared to a prerelease test kernel? |
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: As someone who has been through many release cylces, I would have to |
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: dosagree, if that is your position. |
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Nah, just with Linux kernel. 8) It's like the limited testing that's |
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done shows everything as kosher. Then you move into a .0 release |
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version that gets wider use and more new and interesting bugs seem to |
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crop up. The funny thing about this release is that I've heard less |
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complaints about -test10 than I have about any version that followed it. |
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Certainly not empirical evidence--just observation... |
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--Jerry |
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name: Jerry Alexandratos || Open-Source software isn't a |
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phone: 703.599.6023 || matter of life or death... |
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email: jerry@××××××.com || ...It's much more important |
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|| than that! |