Linux 6.2-rc3 Released - "Starting To Look A Lot More Normal"

[smitty3268]

For testing purposes on throw-away hardware where data is not important? Why not? The Linux kernel actually needs a lot more testing.

There's a reason Fedora avoids X.Y.(0-3) kernel releases, because it's only starting with at least .4 that there's some assurance that people have actually tested it.

Obviously this doesn't apply to every situation, but in a lot of cases if you submit a bug you'll be expected to be able to either bisect the regression or at least be able to test patches which might fix the issue. Or that add logging to determine the cause of the problem better.

That's all pretty difficult if you can't compile the kernel yourself.

Just saying "it's broke" is often of limited usefulness.