Re: Enigma stuck at 2.4.9?

[Bill Crawford <bill syseng netcom net uk>]

On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 dsavage peaknet net wrote:

> > On Monday 31 December 2001 21:54, you wrote:
> > > Red Hat has never released errata when the original version doesn't have
> > > any problems... ;)
> >
> > Does the fact that 2.4.17 drives my ATA100 disk about 40% faster than the
> > standard RH 2.4.9-13 does suggest the latter has a problem;-)
> >
> > Would you think your car had a problem if it wouldn't do more than 70 k/h
> > while your mate's identical one cruised along at 100k/h?
>
> Looks like a bit of quibble with the term "errata". I think RH uses it when
> referring to vulnerabilities and critical system bugs. Fixes to common garden
> variety performance problems and other non-fatals are referred to as "updates".
>
> I agree with your observations. IMHO Red Hat has become too conservative
> (Caldera-like?) when it comes to passing new stuff through to its users. It
> wasn't so very long ago that Red Hat was known for pushing the envelope.
> Vigorously. I fear their relationship with IBM has had its downsides.

 I think this isn't really true.  There have been some *huge* changes
within the 2.4.x kernels where x >= 10, and several nasty bugs in the
*released* kernels.  If you want the latest and greatest, there is a
2.4.16 kernel in Raw Hide that is proving quite stable (I'm using -0.5
but there's a -0.13 available, I just avoided it since due to warnings
from depmod about a couple of unresolved symbols).

 On the other hand, I think a degree of conservatism is expected in a
x.2 release from RH, new features are going into 8.0* (well, 7.2.90 :o)

 * Yes, it's official!**
 ** No, not really.

> --Doc Savage
>   Fairview Heights,
> IL

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