Dell's Linux Survey

[Christofer C. Bell]

On 3/21/07, nodata <lsof at nodata.co.uk> wrote:
>
> We are talking about kernels here.
>
> Distros tend to cherry pick patches from newer kernels, and backport
> security patches to their stable kernels.
>
> In Dell's case, they want their hardware working and to stay working, so
> however you look at it, they need it to work upstream.

This is exactly why they have to test it against a given distribution
that they support.  You test, and certify, what you're actually
*deploying in production*, not software that is still under
development (ie; going to undergo changes by a distribution maintainer
before being rolled out).

-- 
Chris

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