Re: Not ready for 8.3

Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 04:52:16PM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> 
>> This is what happens with the Linux kernel.  They have hundreds of
>> developers getting their hands dirty during a previous period.  Then
>> 2.6.20 is released; the 2.6.21 "merge window" opens, and all sort of
>> patches are flooded in.  
> 
> I hasten to point out that the Linux kernel has also had several
> "stable" releases with huge bugs -- 

/me fondly remembers kernel 2.4.

things like massive filesystem
> corruption, bizarre failure cases, and nasty compatibility problems
> with modules across versions.  I am not entirely sure that the Linux
> model is the one to ape.  PostgreSQL has a history with remarkably
> few of those blunders, and I'd hate to give that up.
> 
> A
> 


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