From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds) Subject: Re: Progress report? Date: 7 Sep 1992 17:32:50 GMT
In article <1992Sep7.163715.8229@fwi.uva.nl> vesseur@fwi.uva.nl (Joep Vesseur) writes:
>torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds) writes:
>
>>Get 0.97.pl4 - it seems to be stable (knock wood: I haven't gotten any
>>reports on it yet),
>
>c'mone linus, give us a break: it's out for only 2hrs 40mins :-)
"ONLY" 2hrs 40mins? WHAT? How much time do you want to thoroughly test
out a new version? Lazy bums (*)
Actually, the pl4 changes are small enough that I hope there are no new
bugs hiding in there, so pl4 should be as stable as pl3 - with the added
advantage of not having the truncate bug. And I haven't gotten any bad
reactions to pl3 yet. On the other hand, I guess most people haven't
had time to upgrade even that far...
Even the pl3 patches, while big, were pretty simple: mostly cleanups and
some relatively straightforward swapping changes. While bugs are always
possible, the pl3/4 changes aren't of the type that keeps me awake
nights wondering if they will work, and are likely to work without major
problems (famous last words...)
Linus
(*) No, I'm not serious. Lack of smilies doesn't /always/ mean I'm dead
serious. Although some problems (especially HD-driver-related) have in
fact been corrected with the help of beta-testers that were ready to
test out several new versions/day. Unsung heroes, and all that...