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Guessing Linux 2.6.0 Release Date

Posted by timothy on from the angels-on-head-of-pin-typing dept.

thorgil writes "Guessing about the linux-2.6.0 release date is hard, but here is a new angle (pseudo-scientific): I made a graph (gif) based on errors/warnings from John Cherry's (OSDL) compile statistics for linus' linux bitkeeper tree. My guess is around 12th October, 2003. What is your guess and more important, why?"

8 of 313 comments (clear)

  1. Support the Protest Against Patents... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's ironic that slashdot would run a story about linux today at all. But what really surprises me is that Slashdot would continue operation today, even though they allegedly support the Online Demonstration Against Software Patents.

    I would urge the /. staff to immediately shut down operations and support the
    demonstration, unless they really don't care about open-source software at all.

  2. Sure it compiles. by noselasd · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But I don't think the "it compiles, let's ship it" is the criteria for releasing 2.6.0 A better way is to look at Andrew Mortons must-fix list. When most items are fixes, it can be released. ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/ must-fix/must-fix-6.txt

  3. November, 30th by Crash42 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Oct, 12th is in about 6 weeks. So, because every IT project takes twice as long as you think, my guess is around Nov, 30th.

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    ....Excuse me, but ... ah, forget it...
  4. Since when by Bluelive · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Since when do compile time errors and warnings reaching zero mean that there no more bugs in a program? Most bugs are those the compiler doesnt complain about.

  5. July 13 by muirhead · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Kernel 2.6.0-test1 was released by on July 13 2003.

    What are you waiting for?

  6. LaLaLa by NtwoO · · Score: 5, Funny

    PROGRAMMERS DRINKING SONG:

    99 little bugs in the code,
    99 bugs in the code,
    fix one bug, compile it again,
    101 little bugs in the code.

    101 little bugs in the code ...
    (Repeat until BUGS = 0)

    --
    ! /* */
    1. Re:LaLaLa by IWannaBeAnAC · · Score: 5, Funny
      (Repeat until BUGS = 0)

      Which presumably happens when the bug count wraps around from 2^31 to -2^31+1 then up to zero...

      Maybe this is the basis for Microsoft release schedules?

  7. Re:My guess by tanya2526 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Free time is what all of us visiting Slashdot have. And we like to play with our free time, or to find free time to play around with stuff to come up with something that excites us...

    I think that gif is a nice hack. So lay off those "too much time on your hand" stuff..

    however, I must ask myself - do hacks have to be necessarily of some utility? I mean, Zen would say "it will be out when it will be out".