<OT> New kernels... new bugs... new problems... new woes...

[Jerry McBride]

I just grabbed a copy of kernel version 2.5.10 and thought I'd see how the
progress has been. Prior to 2.5.10 I was running 2.5.7 on pretty much
everything I own, aside from my personal lan server.

Anyways... it sucks. 

I'm sure the efforts put into the new kernel tree are well worth the time.
I mean after all, this will eventually end up being "TNG" and all... but
WOW! There's something wrong when a humble guy, like my self, has to wade
into the make files with a text editor and fix stupid syntax errors,
misspellings and left behind garbage, before the damn thing will even
begin to compile. Then there's those multiple modules that simply refuse
to compile no matter how much error correcting is done...

Is this progress?

It's really a frustrating mess. I sent a few emails echoing my...
disgust... but like I expected no answers. If the maintainers/programmers
would spend a little more time running their "stuff" through a technical
spelling/syntax checker, there'd be a lot less heart ache for guys like
myself.

It's a lot like having to compound the finish on a Rolls Royce when it
should have been polished from the factory anway...

Just my $0.02 worth.

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