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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. 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 dudpixel · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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    2. Re:Path names? Bah. by NotBorg · · Score: 4, Informative

      No. The topic is actually just Linux. Also, it's not uncommon for Linus to hold off on a release if things aren't "quiet" enough.

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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 DarkOx · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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

    No problem. I'll just run GNU Hurd.

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

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

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

    No, only firefox does that.

  5. 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.

    1. Re:Google Plus by Zebedeu · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Makes sense to me. Unlike Facebook, G+ allows anyone with an account to follow Linus's public posts without him having to accept them as his "friends".

      It's perfect for this type of announcement. It's Twitter for those who felt constrained by the character limit.

  6. 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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  7. 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!

  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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  9. Here's what the bug was! by Theovon · · Score: 4, Informative

    Sadly, I don't understand the explanation or what the patch changes.

    https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/7/17/103

    1. Re:Here's what the bug was! by FlyingGuy · · Score: 5, Informative

      Ok, from my reading of the patch which could be WAY the fuck wrong BTW, I think it is a race condition between the unlinking of a file and returning the inode to the pool AND the CP command ( copy a file ) traversing the inode list. In other words the CP command was trying to stat a file that was partially unlinked do to the update of the node list still being in progress.

      If you still don't understand that don't feel bad, I had to read and re-read the note like 10 times before I probably got this explanation wrong.

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  10. Here's what the bug was! by FrootLoops · · Score: 5, Informative

    https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/7/17/103

    [Posted by Theovon earlier, but I prefer a clickable link.]

  11. Re:Fair Enough by ATMAvatar · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That depends on the balance of power in the organization. If sales/marketing have the bigger share of the power, QA is downsized or eliminated and the only "show stoppers" are unchecked feature boxes.

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