Re: Testing RC kernels [KORG]

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On Tuesday 02 August 2005 15:21, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 14:54 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
>> On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 11:36 -0700, Sean Bruno wrote:
>> > On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 14:36 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
>> > > On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 11:33 -0700, Sean Bruno wrote:
>> > > > <noob question>
>> > > >
>> > > > I have been trying to test the 2.6.13 and can't quite get
>> > > > the patches applied cleanly.
>> > > >
>> > > > What kernel version (full kernel source tar ball) should I
>> > > > be using to apply the patches(rc5) with?  Is it 2.6.12.3?
>> > >
>> > > No, 2.6.12.
>> > >
>> > > Lee
>> >
>> > Ah!  Thanks.
>>
>> Thanks for testing the RCs, we need more users to do that.
>>
>> If any of your hardware stops working, make sure to report it,
>> don't assume that it will fix itself!  Assume you're the first to
>> notice the bug.
>
>I've been complaining about this for some time. Kernel.org really
> needs to show more information about the rc kernels and how to
> create them. We want more testers, but I wonder how many people go
> through the above steps and just give up when things don't work.
> Luckly Sean was nice enough to email the LKML and ask.
>
>My main gripe is that there's no link to 2.6.12 which is what most
> of the other patches go against.

Can someone with access to the html for kernel.org please fix that?  
We've had several messages now complaining about this.

FWIW, gftp users CAN find it, its sitting right in 
the /pub/linux/kernel/2.6 directory in plain sight.

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