Re: F7 Kernel 2.6.22.1-33.fc7 USB stick

Timothy Murphy wrote:
Chris Jones wrote:

Also what makes you think anyone owes it to you to test *your* hardware
for you before releasing updates - Fedora isn't RHEL you know, no
support guarantees etc.

I don't agree.

If a developer makes a change which prevents the software working
with some hardware it previously worked with,
I think the onus is on the developer to warn the user of this.

You would have a valid point if you were running RHEL or one of the
clones like centos. By definition, some changes in Fedora are going
to break things for some people.

If the developer doesn't realize that his modification
will have this effect, he has made a mistake.

Considering the sometimes complex interactions between the kernel,
udev, HAL, and your desktop manager, it is almost impossible to know
how a modification is going to affect all machines. This is why we
have testing. You can have a modification that works fine for the
developer, works fine for the people that use the testing repos, but
will still fail for a small percentage of the final users.

I very much doubt if anyone realized that going from 2.6.22.1-28
to 2.6.22.1-33 could have any adverse effect.

This is why there is a testing process that starts with the
developer, progresses to the testing repos, and finely moves to us.
Because of the wide range of hardware/software, there is no way the
developers can test it all. The testing repos give a wider range,
but it still doesn't come close to the Fedora user base. I don't
know about you, but part of the reason I am using Fedora is to help
get the bugs out.

Mikkel
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!

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