Linux-Hams archive - February 1999: Re: kernel 2.2.0 -> 2.2.1

Re: kernel 2.2.0 -> 2.2.1

Alan Crosswell (nanj@comverse-in.com)
Sat, 6 Feb 99 13:14:54 EST

If you read the linux-kernel list, you will see reference to a "paper
bag" problem. This is what happens when Linus wants to put a paper bag
over his head out of embarrassment. Hey, he's human. My advice after
18 years of systems administration: Never run release x.0 of anything.
Wait at least a few weeks, or, in the case of a packaged system user,
wait for the packager to put up an package with the new kernel in it.

So far, the most stable 2.2.0 kernel for me has been 2.2.0-pre8!
2.2.0-pre9 introduced a bug that is still outstanding for a very
limited, small, tiny, insignificant problem (ide-scsi). I can wait.
Meanwhile, I am helping make it better by running and testing newer
kernels and carefuly reporting bugs to the authors if and when they
happen but only after reading the linux-kernel mailing list to make
sure I am not cluttering their inboxes with duplicate reports.

Right now my lilo.conf has entries for the lastest Alan Cox patch
of 2.2.1, vanilla 2.2.1 from Linus, and 2.2.0-pre8 so I can compare
and contrast.
/a