On Mon, 11 Jul 2016 22:29:20 +0200, Philipp Kern <pk...@debian.org> wrote: >On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 08:07:20PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: >> [1] I remember the day when a Debian stable point release introduced a >> new version of an ethernet driver that broke an entire class of IBM >> blade servers' networks and I also remember being scolded for relying >> on Debian stable instead of doing extensive tests myself > >And there is truth to that.
Of course. But, alas, introducing a new driver to a stable kernel is IMO a violation of the stable principle. But I do understand that those things are necessary from time to time. >Compared to other vendors (and even companies) >Debian does not have an extensive test lab to try to guard ourselves against >regressions. There is only so much you can do about drivers that people >who rely on stable in a mission critical environment should do their own >acceptance testing before deploying changes. Yes. Unfortunately, in this case, I was just the one doing the debugging and getting yelled at for debugging, not the one who deployed the update. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
