Re: 2.0.31 : please!

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 16 Jul 1997 09:33:15 +0100 (BST)

> I think a "stable" kernel should be tested by some ten people with
> reasonably average configurations for about 24 hours.
> A "production" kernel should at least compile.

10 people. Some of the bugs that show up in 2.0.x show up in configurations
that maybe 1 in 1000 or 1 in 10,000 users have and perhaps only after a
week of continual load. On a 10 user sample 2.0.30 is probably rock solid

A lot of people don't seem to realise just how tricky it is building a
stable across all platforms/configurations system.

Alan