Re: Stability (2.2.14/15/16/17pre1)

From: Marcelo Tosatti (marcelo@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Mon Jun 12 2000 - 13:19:54 EST


On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:

> I have been running 2.2.14 since a few days after it's release on Intel
> and Sparc machines, and I'm very happy with it.
> I have managed to avoid 2.2.15 totaly, couse of it's very known problems.
>
> Now, I need to upgrade, couse of the fixes for the capabilities bug et al.
>
> I have 3 options:
>
> - 2.2.16 stock
> - 2.2.16 + Alan's 2.2.16combo patch
> - 2.2.17pre1
>
> What made me afraid at this point is 2.2.16 being called a security patch.
> Is it 2.2.15 + security patches only ? Or does it fix 2.2.15 stability
> problems ?

It does fix stability problems, most notably VM changes.
 

 

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