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Linus Torvalds Delays Linux 3.7, Releases 3.7-rc8 Kernel Instead
hypnosec writes "The Linux 3.7 kernel has been delayed by one week as Linus Torvalds has released the Linux 3.7-rc8 instead. Because of some hiccups following the 'resurrection of a kswapd issue,' Torvalds wasn't comfortable releasing version 3.7 this week and instead went ahead with another release candidate. Torvalds revealed in his release announcement that because of this delay, the merge window for Linux 3.8 will close just around Christmas time."
Another Linux kernel release candidate. OMG!
I think the story's more about our benevolent dictator than the release itself.
My God, it's Full of Source!
OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
Which stories would you rather see more of? Obama hosting Twitter townhalls, Facebook privacy schemes, or Crysis system requirments?
Ooooh, how about a slashvertisement for a commercial version of an X tunnel over ssh?
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I was so looking forward to playing with Linux 3.7 this weekend.
We haven't had an update on John McAfee's "meth cooking in Belize" adventures for at least a day or so...
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The greatest Food Network show we will never see: "Cooking with McAfee".
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I know! Pick a version and stick with it, people.
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
I think "oopses" and "security" fixes are examples of major issues. an "oops" be a term for a kernel panic (although you don't see it used too much)
What, no BitCoin stories either? How about an Apple patent fight?
Oh well... perhaps lets discuss yet another malware issue in Android that iOS is completely immune to.
I read it as "If you send me small irrelevant stuff that doesn't fix major issues such as oopses, security, things like that..."
This troll makes no sense. TFA is about delays in a kernel release. If you want to fit in with the FF trolling there has to be NO delays at all between releases. TROLLFAIL.
Chrome has lots of point releases, actually. You're right that they update the major version number quickly, though. I miss the days when a major version number change meant new features, not bug fixes or speedups.
If you can't convince them, convict them.
I'm old school in that regard too:
Major number means a large jump in interface, coding, modules, and the build tree in general. An example would be a word processor getting a new format, a major new feature like spell checking, or a layout change that changes functionality completely.
Minor numbers meant some features were added, but not enough to increment a major number. Continuing the word processor example, adding multi-dictionary support to the spell checker, adding PDF/A as an export format, or significant but not earth-shattering new items.
Then you had your revision number. This was almost always for bugs or UI items. As with the word processor, it would be a process where a display glitch when scrolling gets fixed, or that during the save process, the old document gets renamed, the file gets saved, then the old document gets set aside or deleted, to ensure that there is always a working copy of the data.
On the IT side of the fence, one shys away from x.0.0 or even x.x.0 versions, and waits until the x.0.1 release happens. With version inflation like in Web browsers, this goes out the window, so it is harder to find a "stable" version to include in a corporate image.
Would the GNU icon really be appropriate for a story about Linux and not the Hurd itself?
Torvalds revealed in his release announcement that because of this delay, the merge window for Linux 3.8 will close just around Christmas time."
Merry Christmas to all, indeed!
It is safer if you wait for version ^[2-9]\d\..*(?!\.0)$
^[2-9]\d\..*(?<!\.0)$
Yay for slashdot eating <
Because he only cooks one recipe over and over :(
And because I'm dragging it out for another week, I'm going to be
*very* bitter if anybody sends me pull requests this late in the game
that aren't for major issues. If you send me small irrelevant stuff
that doesn't fix major issues (oopses, security, things like that),
I'm going to curse at you
In the spirit of forgiveness and magnanimity, Linus has offered not to call anyone a "fucking moron who should kill himself" this Christmas.
Don't screw up the peace and goodwill, people, or there will be hell to pay!
Rich And Stupid is not so bad as Working For Rich And Stupid.
As has been said, oopses and security issues are the major things he is referring to.
Head out of arse, please.
Just like with any drug you start out as an occasional user. Enjoy your fucked up teeth. Ive personally seen the progression more than a few times. Flamebait imo.
Couldn't you just use "regular" amphetamines for that, like (reportedly) Paul Erdos and Margaret Thatcher?
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Chrome has lots of point releases, actually. You're right that they update the major version number quickly, though. I miss the days when a major version number change meant new features, not bug fixes or speedups.
Personally I don't know on what version of Chrome I have at all and don't miss it a bit, no website is at least complaining that I must run IE or upgrade to a newer version. I'm sure there's support for new features but it looks like most websites are now content with just waiting for them to become available rather than actively pushing them. I'm very glad "best viewed with" seem to have died a silent death.
Live today, because you never know what tomorrow brings
We've seen a lot of news recently on slashdot about software being released before it is ready. This is just a glimpse into the inner-workings of a very large development team making a tough, but correct, call.
Thanks Linux & Co! Keep up the good work!
I read it as "If you send me small irrelevant stuff that doesn't fix major issues such as oopses, security, things like that..."
Only because you know oopses, security are major issues. Let's try that sentence again:
"If you send me small irrelevant stuff that doesn't fix major issues (typos, formatting, things like that), I'm going to curse at you and ignore your pull request. So don't do it."
It works just as well with examples of the "small irrelevant things", in fact it feels like a more natural sentence to me. But this is exactly why we don't write code in English...
Live today, because you never know what tomorrow brings
"Best viewed with" is still alive and well. Just today I had to change my user agent string on three different sites that claimed my browser was too old (Opera 12.11), including Google.
I guess I like seeing the announcement of new features that typically coincided with the release of a new major version, coupled with a "What's new!" window.
If you can't convince them, convict them.
what a load of garbage, I know some of the 'nam soldiers who had to be hospitalized from using their issued meth. it can cause very serious health problems
Don't knock meth until you've been about five days into a good bender having just finished coding something that ordinarily would have taken a month and find the police local police spouting some nonsense about your shooting an adversary in the back of the head with a 9mm
There is in fact a substantial difference between 'meth' and clinical dextroamphetamine, both in effect and side effect. No one in the entire fucking world prescribes 'meth' for attention deficit disorders. Doing so would be completely ruinous.
You need to guess again. There's only one methamphetamine HCl molecule and it doesn't care whether it comes in a little baggy or over the counter at the drug store. If you want to say the street stuff is inferior because it's cut then do an acetone wash and problem solved.
The soylentnews experiment has been a dismal failure.
Yeah, we're talking about meth, not alcohol.
The soylentnews experiment has been a dismal failure.
You didn't understand what you read. The parenthetical list was examples of what he does consider to be major issues, not what he will not accept. In fact, unless you know nothing about Linus or Linux, I have to suspect you are merely trolling, but I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, I suppose.
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
No. It doesn't work just as well. If one is listing what counts as irrelevant, the parenthetical goes immediately after the phrase "small irrelevant things". Since it comes immediately after the phrase "major issues" it is clearly a list of major issues. It doesn't matter if it is English or C. If you don't understand what you are reading you will form an erroneous understanding of the meaning.
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
Amusingly, he's pointing out the truth, and you're the one flaming him. I'm not, although I have the same stimulus as yourself, suggesting that you are perhaps not one of those people who could use meth responsibly. More people are like you, so on the whole meth is harmful to society as a whole, but it's not fair to put the full blame on the drug, just like you can't blame alcohol for the actions of loads of really stupid drunk people.
More "'nam soldiers" died after the war by their own hand than during it. They also perpetrated atrocities/war crimes against civilians including rape and murder of children. I'm not sure they constitute any meaningful sort of control group upon which to rate the effect of drugs.
Sure you could but then you either need a prescription or a good street connection. Schedule 2 drugs aren't as easy as you might think to get a doctor to just glibly sign off on. If you go the street route, to get the same effect you get with a gram of meth from something like Adderal or Vivance will cost you several times the cash. Also, meth can be smoked, snorted, IV'd, shoved up your ass, or swallowed so it's a lot more flexible than the pharmaceuticals. It all adds up to meth if you're serious about amphetamine use.
The soylentnews experiment has been a dismal failure.
Now we know where security is on the list of priorities in Linux... its just a minor issue
Now we know where reading comprehension is on the list of priorities in Linux haters.
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I just checked and I'm running Version 23.0.1271.91 m
WTF?
The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures (Junius)
First of all, just to slay the unmentioned elephant in the room, the shit you see on "faces of meth" is the exception to the exception of meth users.
Bull. Fucking. Shit.
Let me clue you into something, Chief - I grew up in southern Missouri, surrounded by meth users, meth cooks, meth whores (like your mother), et. al. I've seen several of my loved ones ruin their lives with that filthy Nazi shit, and buried more than one friend who was certain they had their meth addiction "under control." Hell, I even dabbled in the shit myself during a mis-spent youth.
In other words, I know exactly what I'm talking about, and don't need to take shit off some loser fucking dope-fiend who thinks that just because he has access to a fucking thesaurus, that he's somehow a goddamn philosophical genius.
FYI, I'd never even heard of "faces of meth" until you mentioned it, so much for the crux of your argument.
Your collection of anecdotes do not constitute data
Neither is yours, you condescending piece of shit, and guess what? I have a hell of a lot more credibility than any thieving fucking tweaker ever will.
You idiot, that statement doesn't even make sense. Read some history, dufus. There wasn't enough methamphetamine on the face of the earth to win the war for Germany so they would have lost either way and it had nothing to do with how much dope they were on. Furthermore, get your facts straight as meth was used by both the Axis and the Allied [wordpress.com] forces. How clueless can you be that you can't even get your own bullshit right?
Leave it to a fucking doper to not only miss the point entirely, but also go off on a paragraph-long, nonsense rant. Thanks, asshole, you just helped prove my point; proud of yourself?
A filthy dopehead from which you just got manifestly served.
Yea, you just keep telling yourself that while you smoke your fucking Nazi-dope.
Do you think your mom will cry at your funeral? I'm guessing yes, until someone offers her some meth in exchange for a half-and-half; working girls are always on the clock, you know.
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese