Re: Testing RC kernels [KORG]

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 02 August 2005 22:13, Randy.Dunlap wrote:

>> >I've been complaining about this for some time. Kernel.org really
>> > needs to show more information about the rc kernels and how to
>> > create them. We want more testers, but I wonder how many people
>> > go through the above steps and just give up when things don't
>> > work. Luckly Sean was nice enough to email the LKML and ask.
>> >
>> >My main gripe is that there's no link to 2.6.12 which is what
>> > most of the other patches go against.
>>
>> Can someone with access to the html for kernel.org please fix
>> that? We've had several messages now complaining about this.
>
>Was the request cc-ed to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxx (along with
>the [KORG] in the subject line)?
>I can't tell from the email archives.

It is as of this message Randy.

>> FWIW, gftp users CAN find it, its sitting right in
>> the /pub/linux/kernel/2.6 directory in plain sight.
>
>Sure, anyone can find it if they search enough subdirectories
>and know what they are looking for.

And my point is that anyone with the skills to build a kernel 
shouldn't have any problems at all find it with gftp.  It comes with 
a pre-canned set of bookmarks that include ftp.kernel.org.

>---
>~Randy

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