no codified stable release process? [LWN.net]

no codified stable release process?

Posted Mar 7, 2026 21:59 UTC (Sat) by pschneider1968 (guest, #178654)
In reply to: no codified stable release process? by aaronmdjones
Parent article: New stable kernels to address build failures

> clearly, more testing for a supposed stable long-term kernel is required before letting it out into the world.

So feel free to join us and help with testing! It's true that the pool of testers is way too small, and that we need more test coverage.

Looking forward to see your Tested-By in the next stable RC cycle.

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no codified stable release process?

Posted Mar 8, 2026 22:58 UTC (Sun) by ryannestone (guest, #182659) [Link]

The Linux Foundation's assets has increased by twenty million dollars according to the last two 990 forms. In the last five years, revenue has gone up one hundred million dollars. Linux is not a small open source project and hasn't been for some time. Asking for more testers is baffling considering that the original criticism is about project mismanagement where stable is a misnomer. A project that could on its own afford thousands of computers for automated testing.