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On 04/08/13 11:29 PM, Mike Pagano wrote: |
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> On Sunday, August 04, 2013 07:24:23 PM Alex Xu wrote: |
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>> wat. Possibly intended: |
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>>> For the latest upstream kernel unpatched by Gentoo |
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> Not intended |
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> Title: vanilla-sources stabilization policy |
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> Author: Mike Pagano <mpagano@g.o> |
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> Content-Type: text/plain |
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> Posted: 2013-08-07 |
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> Revision: 1 |
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> News-Item-Format: 1.0 |
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> Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/vanilla-sources |
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> The Gentoo Kernel Team will no longer be providing stable |
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> vanilla-sources kernels. All currently stabilized vanilla-sources |
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> versions will be dropped to ~arch. The Arch teams, via normal requests |
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> of the Kernel Team, will continue to stabilize gentoo-sources kernels |
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> upon request. This decision is based on the facts that upstream is now |
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> releasing approximately 1-2 vanilla-sources kernels a week. Arch teams, |
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> understandably, are unable to keep up with this rate of release. As |
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> most vanilla releases contain security fixes, the user who only runs |
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> stable vanilla-sources will consistently be behind and potentially at |
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> risk. For the latest "upstream kernel unpatched by Gentoo", we |
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still not sure that the quotes are really needed here, but it's not a |
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big issue |
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> recommend users add 'sys-kernel/vanilla-sources' to their |
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> package.accept_keywords file. gentoo-sources will continue to be a |
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> tested and supported version for Gentoo users. |
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> Note: This news item only applies to gentoo-sources and vanilla-sources. |
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> Other kernels currently maintained in portage have their own policies |
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> and procedures in place today. |
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LGTM otherwise. |
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