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title: "Agile Linux? Linux Kernel gets nightly build & Test"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/6/5/agile-linux-linux-kernel-gets-nightly-build-amp-test.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/6/5/agile-linux-linux-kernel-gets-nightly-build-amp-test.html"
published: "2005-06-05T23:33:00"
updated: "2005-06-05T23:33:00"
tags: ["Agile Related"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "An anonymous reader writes \"The Linux Kernel is now getting automatically tested within 15 minutes of a new version being released, across a variety of hardware and the results are being published for all to see. Martin…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Agile Linux? Linux Kernel gets nightly build & Test

By Roy Osherove June 5, 2005 In [Agile Related](https://osherove.com/blog/category/agile-related)

**Historical article** · Originally published June 5, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

An anonymous reader writes _"The Linux Kernel is now getting automatically tested within 15 minutes of a new version being released, across a variety of hardware and the [results](http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mbligh/abat/regression_matrix.html) are being published for all to see. Martin Bligh [announced](http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=111775021327595&w=2) this yesterday, running on top of IBM's internal test automation system. Maybe this will enable the kernel developers to keep up with the 2.6 kernel's rapid pace of change. Looks like it caught one new problem with last night's build already ..."_

\[via [slashdot](http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/05/06/05/1426206.shtml?tid=136&tid=106)\]

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