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Thanasis wrote: |
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> The question is: |
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> Am I supposed/ should I upgrade when a new source tree becomes stable? |
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From a security point of view, you're supposed to upgrade the kernel as |
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soon as a release is made upstream. When a security fix is made |
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upstream, the vulnerability in question has been disclosed and any |
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machines not updated to that version are considered vulnerable. |
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This means that the package will probably be in ~arch in portage and not |
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marked stable until it's tested for 30 days or more. So "unstable" (in |
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portage terms) kernels are more secure then stable ones simply because |
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they're the latest available. |
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