[Asterisk-Users] Return of experience : Asterisk more stablewith 2.6 or 2.4

[Brian West]

I have never had an issue with 2.6.9 with asterisk.

bkw

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Richard Scobie
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 2:00 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Return of experience : Asterisk more
> stablewith 2.6 or 2.4
> 
> Jeremy SALMON wrote:
> 
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > Just a question,
>  >
>  > For you, what is the more reliable kernel for an asterisk prod
>  > server...
> 
> 
> The following 2 recent quotes from kernel developers may be worth
> considering when making your decision:
> 
>   After 2.6.9-ac its clear that the long 2.6.9 process worked very
> badly. While 2.6.10 is looking much better its long period meant the
> allegedly "official" base kernel was a complete pile of insecure donkey
> turd for months. That doesn't hurt most vendor users but it does hurt
> those trying to do stuff on the base kernels very badly.
> 
> -- Alan Cox
> 
>   Not all 2.6.x kernels will be good; but if we do releases every 1 or 2
> weeks, some of them *will* be good. The problem with the -rc releases is
> that we try to predict in advance which releases in advance will be
> stable, and we don't seem to be able to do a good job of that. If we do
> a release every week, my guess is that at least 1 in 3 releases will
> turn out to be stable enough for most purposes. But we won't know until
> after 2 or 3 days which releases will be the good ones.
> 
> -- Ted Ts'o
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Richard
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