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From: Mike Pagano <mpagano@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: Kernel Team vanilla-sources policy
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 23:16:14
Message-Id: 2054700.d0Dyd8hiYo@comanche
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: Kernel Team vanilla-sources policy by Rich Freeman
1 On Sunday, August 04, 2013 07:45:47 AM Rich Freeman wrote:
2 > On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o> wrote:
3 > > On 4 August 2013 09:56, Alex Xu <alex_y_xu@×××××.ca> wrote:
4 > >> Minor grammar/typographical errata:
5 > >> snip
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8 Thanks, everyone for helping out. Here is the latest with some of the
9 requested changes:
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12 Title: vanilla-sources stabilization policy
13 Author: Mike Pagano <mpagano@g.o>
14 Content-Type: text/plain
15 Posted: 2013-08-07
16 Revision: 1
17 News-Item-Format: 1.0
18 Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/vanilla-sources
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20 The Gentoo Kernel Team will no longer be providing stable
21 vanilla-sources kernels. All currently stabilized vanilla-sources
22 versions will be dropped to ~arch. The Arch teams, via normal requests
23 of the Kernel Team, will continue to stabilize gentoo-sources kernels
24 upon request. This decision is based on the facts that upstream is now
25 releasing approximately 1-2 vanilla-sources kernels a week. Arch teams,
26 understandably, are unable to keep up with this rate of release. As
27 most vanilla releases contain security fixes, the user who only runs
28 stable vanilla-sources will consistently be behind and potentially at
29 risk. For the latest "upstream kernel unpatched by Gentoo" kernel, we
30 recommend users add 'sys-kernel/vanilla-sources' to their
31 package.accept_keywords file. gentoo-sources will continue to be a
32 tested and supported version for Gentoo users.
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35 Note: This news item only applies to gentoo-sources and vanilla-sources.
36 Other kernels currently maintained in portage have their own policies
37 and procedures in place toda
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41 Mike Pagano
42 Gentoo Developer - Kernel Project
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Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: Kernel Team vanilla-sources policy Alex Xu <alex_y_xu@×××××.ca>