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Linux 3.0 Release Delayed

Posted by timothy on from the wait-for-it-wait-for-it dept.

JustinRLynn writes "A recent Google+ Post by Linus Torvalds indicates that version 3.0 of the Linux kernel will have to wait due to the discovery of a 'subtle pathname lookup bug.' Linus indicates, 'We have a patch, we understand the problem, and it looks ObviouslyCorrect(tm), but I don't think I want to release 3.0 just a couple of hours after applying it.'"

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  1. Chicken? by oldhack · · Score: 2, Funny

    Release it now, you fool!

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    1. Re:Chicken? by X0563511 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Project Manager: Did it build?
      Developer: Yea, but we haven't even run the thing yet
      Project Manager: Ship it!

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    2. Re:Chicken? by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 3, Funny

      Your project managers make you get a completely clean build before you ship? How do you guys stay on schedule?

    3. Re:Chicken? by arth1 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Your project managers make you get a completely clean build before you ship? How do you guys stay on schedule?

      Simple enough, Firefox style: Any time you get a semi-clean build, you tag it. When you release, you simply bump the version number of the last tagged build. So what if you don't get half the features - it's a new version, as witnessed by the version number!

    4. Re:Chicken? by Canberra+Bob · · Score: 3, Funny

      I for one am glad a geek IS the project manager.

      More focused on getting it right than meeting deadlines.

      That would explain why GNU/Hurd is such an excellent OS

  2. Path names? Bah. by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    I say push it live, let those damn n00bs grow some chest hair by referencing all their files by inode id.

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    1. Re:Path names? Bah. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Fuck you: a gang of inode ids killed my father.

    2. Re:Path names? Bah. by dudpixel · · Score: 5, Funny

      here's hoping said n00bs aren't female...

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    3. Re:Path names? Bah. by aynoknman · · Score: 5, Funny

      My name is Inode Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

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    4. Re:Path names? Bah. by rubycodez · · Score: 3, Funny

      inode id: no Luke, *I* am your father!

    5. Re:Path names? Bah. by DarkOx · · Score: 5, Funny

      My name is Inode Montoya, You unlinked my father. Prepare to be free()'d.

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  3. No problem. by loxosceles · · Score: 5, Funny

    No problem. I'll just run GNU Hurd.

  4. HOW DARE THEY by DWMorse · · Score: 4, Funny

    The shareholders will demand an answer for th ... wait.

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  5. Re:If it's a patch applied to 3.0 by adamstew · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, only firefox does that.

  6. Google Plus by Wizarth · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think the more important news here is - Linus uses Google+ for announcements now?

    Facebook really is in trouble now.

  7. Re:If it's a patch applied to 3.0 by GNUALMAFUERTE · · Score: 5, Funny

    You are confused. This is the Kernel, not Firefox.

    BTW: I heard the guys at Mozilla are working on a new feature: The ability to change the version number while the browser is running. That's real progress.

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  8. Re:If it's a patch applied to 3.0 by renegadesx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes but that feature has been delayed until the release of Firefox 7, so you will have to wait a week.

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