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Lack of Testing Threatening the Stability of Linux

Posted by Zonk on from the gummi-bears-for-kernel-testers dept.

sebFlyte writes "Andrew Morton, a Linux kernel maintainer, has said that he thinks that the lack 'credit or money or anything' given to those people who put in long hours testing Linux releases is going to cause serious problems further down the line. In his speech at Linux.Conf.Au he also waded into the ongoing BitKeeper debate, saying 'If you pick a good technology and the developers are insane, it's all going to come to tears.'"

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  1. Hmm.. by Vickor · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought good technology required insane developers...

  2. In contrast to the MS method... by Dale549 · · Score: 5, Funny

    where the testers (a.k.a. users) get to pay $$$ for the privilege of testing OS stability.

  3. Apologies in advance by frankthechicken · · Score: 5, Funny

    Must be why there is a huge popularity of mugs at MS bearing the obnoxious logo:-

    "You don't have to be a developer to work here, but it helps".

  4. Re:Moderators by RangerRick98 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Moderators (Score:1, Flamebait)
    by ciroknight (601098)
    I know it's early, but do we really have to mod everything flamebait, even if it's hilarious??? Come on..

    Evidently.

    --
    "You're older than you've ever been, and now you're even older."
  5. We're insane? by DrXym · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I heard that I nearly fell off my ostrich.

  6. Re:Moderators by DenDave · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought they suffered from..
    Developers

    Developers

    Developers

    Developers

    --
    -if at first you don't succeed, stay the heck away from paragliding.
  7. Re:Loose women ??? by Intron · · Score: 3, Funny

    Everyone knows that the loose women are using Apple

    --
    Intron: the portion of DNA which expresses nothing useful.