RE: Release Policy [was: Linux 2.4.16 ]

From: John Jasen (jjasen1@umbc.edu)
Date: Mon Nov 26 2001 - 12:59:23 EST

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On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Dana Lacoste wrote:

> I think the problem is that there can't be any code
> changes from the last -[pre[-final]|rc] release and
> the actual release.
>
> And Marcelo seems to think this way too.

I think a better idea would be a feature freeze of some sort, where only
fixes to bugs discovered in -rcN series kernels can be added to -rcN+1

-- -- John E. Jasen (jjasen1@umbc.edu) -- In theory, theory and practise are the same. In practise, they aren't.

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