8.10b - first impression and questions

[Emanoil Kotsev]

If I understand you right, you want to say that kernel RC should be working.

Well it might be working for the developers but it is _not_ 100% sure and if it is not even 95% sure to work then it is not an option.

In fact from my  experience and observation what kernel people do (with all the respect to their effort) I do not trust them when they even say that a release is working.

So please don't try to convince me that RC is fine.

People should know what they have to expect - i.e. backup their data before trying something like RC kernel.

I still can not understand what kind of people should call something working if they are not 100% sure that it's working and how can you be sure if you didn't test.
If you had a lab with all hardware supported by linux and you have tested extensively _all_ the hardware then I would trust you. Ok may be the statistically acceptable 95% ofthe test cases should have passed successfully, so that someone could say something is working 100%.

Until then, please use the term "on your own risk"

regards


--- On Tue, 10/7/08, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:

> From: Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>
> Subject: Re: 8.10b - first impression and questions
> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 3:26 PM
> Emanoil Kotsev wrote:
> 
> > kernel is kernel, so right place is to bug the kernel
> people. In fact how
> > can you expect something top work, that is in rc
> (release candidate)
> > state? The fact that it has not been released speaks
> itself .
> 
> That's the second time in two days I've seen
> someone say this.  Of _course_
> an rc release should work - almost 100% of the time.  If
> you don't have a
> very good expectation of it working, it isn't ready for
> rc status.
> -- 
> derek
> 
> 
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