Distributing 2.6

Distributing 2.6

Posted Oct 3, 2003 0:20 UTC (Fri) by bryn (guest, #1482)
Parent article: Distributing 2.6

This LWN article seems over-cautious. I take the news as an encouraging sign.

Packaging the 2.6 kernel with several full distributions exposes the new kernel to the full range of software that will rely upon it. This is the most effective way of testing the kernel's stability.

Also, the distributors will now have a more vested interest in making sure the prominent bugs are squished, so it's possible that stabilising the kernel will be a faster process.

Moreover, this all demonstrates how healthy the Linux world is. If distributors are rushing to work with 2.6, things can't be bad. It would worrying if they wanted to stick with a tried and tested 2.4 for the next few years. Some say this is what happened to the Amiga, effectively sentenced to death after Commodore decided that R&D should be slowed down so that people didn't face an ever-changing system.

Obviously SnapGear are going a bit far by calling it production-ready, but that's marketing for you...

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