Is the Stable Linux Kernel Moving Too Fast? 156
darthcamaro writes "Yesterday the stable Linux 3.10 kernel was updated twice — an error was made, forcing a quick re-issue. 'What happened was that a patch that was reported to be broken during the RC [release candidate] review process, went into the release, because I mistakenly didn't pull it out in time,' Greg Kroah-Hartman said. The whole incident however is now sparking debate on the Linux Kernel Mailing List about the speed of stable Linux kernel releases. Are they moving too fast?"
That's what he said! (Score:5, Funny)
I mistakenly didn't pull it out in time.
Re:WHAT THE FUCK! WHAT THE FUCK!!! (Score:5, Funny)
WHAT THE FUCK!
I can't believe this. I've been reading Slashdot since 1998, and I have never seen such a stupid suggestion in all that time.
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OK, one of those two must be blatantly false.
Re:WHAT THE FUCK! WHAT THE FUCK!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Thanks Linus, but I think it's an established rule that you can't go releasing new versions of software until the ridicule surrounding your last release has died down. How else are we going to get stories for /.? Microsoft plays along. Why can't you?
Re:Compared to what? (Score:2, Funny)
Now you're being redundant.
Re:WHAT THE FUCK! WHAT THE FUCK!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Only said fuck four times not including subject. Not Linus.
Re:WHAT THE FUCK! WHAT THE FUCK!!! (Score:1, Funny)
Fucking Linus and Alen Cox are greedy mofus! No more supported updates for kernel 2.2 after April 2014 WTF!!
It still works fine and I am not willing to change just to make them happy
Software does not have rusticles form. It does not age and we had a good thing running back in 2001 in kernel 2.2 and it makes no sense at all to throw out a perfectly working and I do not want to run some bloated kernel with useless utilities and eye candy for teenagers.
We have software that is very expensive to change and you all hipsters on slashdot and the LKML fail to understand! All hardware better support it or we wont make your product and not one slashdotter or Linux user has given me a reason to change?
I can browse the web with Netscape just fine as Root as /dev/modem wont work with a wheel user account, so why should I change?
That's what he said... (Score:2, Funny)
Apologizing for mistakenly not pulling out in time...hilarious.