Re: [nottingham] Panics, kernel 2.4 (fwd)

From: Robert Davies (rob_davies@ntlworld.com)
Date: Sat 05 Jan 2002 - 11:58:22 GMT


On Saturday 05 January 2002 10:59, you wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Matthew Sackman wrote:

> I'm already finding 2.4.17 more stable - e.g. it's not so keen to swap
> madly whenever it can, it keeps buffer allocation about right too so
> far...

By all accounts Marcello's doing a serious maintenance and stability job.
Let's hope that 2.6, get's put out when it's really ready, rather than just
after large VM changes.
 
The -rc system could be a good handover point, with testing encouraged for
those who like to live on the bleeding edge.

Rob
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