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From: iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox)
Subject: Re: Nailed down to 386bsd or linux, now which one?
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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 17:53:23 GMT
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In article <36sa1i$1l7@quagga.ru.ac.za> csgr@cs.ru.ac.za writes:
>(I wouldn't hazard a guess on how soon after a source change is made
>in Linux, it becomes available to the general hacking public.)

It's normally available first, then debugged then submitted into the main
kernel. Of course people who play with alpha test code do so at their own
risk

Alan
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