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tl;dr |
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Summary |
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Team members working alongside upstream (and downstream) developer Greg k-h |
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have decided to no longer request stabilization of the vanilla sources kernel. |
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Team members and arch teams (understandably) are unable to keep up with the |
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1-2 weekly kernel releases, and therefore will now direct users to always run |
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the latest vanilla sources, or to run gentoo-sources for a fully Gentoo |
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supported kernel. We will continue to do our best effort to request and get |
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stabililzed g-s versions. |
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Details |
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Some facts: |
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1. Upstream release rate is now a much higher 1-2 kernels a week. |
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2. Very frequently, these releases contain security fixes. |
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3. This rate of release puts arch teams in a difficult position, since |
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it is unsustainable to try to keep up to date with stabilization |
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4. By continuing the policy of providing a stable vanilla kernel version, |
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Gentoo is giving a false sense of security to its users, since by the time the |
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kernel does get stabilized, a newer version with more security fixes is almost |
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always already released |
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Eventually, we will be updating our project pages to reflect these changes. As |
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always with me, constructive dialog concerning this policy is welcome. |
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Original thread of discussion: |
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http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.kernel/697 |
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Mike Pagano |
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Gentoo Developer - Kernel Project |
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E-Mail : mpagano@g.o |
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GnuPG FP : EEE2 601D 0763 B60F 848C 9E14 3C33 C650 B576 E4E3 |
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