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From: Alex Xu <alex_y_xu@×××××.ca>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: Kernel Team vanilla-sources policy
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 23:24:31
Message-Id: 51FEE2A7.1070106@yahoo.ca
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: Kernel Team vanilla-sources policy by Mike Pagano
1 Further minor grammar/typographical errata:
2
3 On 04/08/13 11:16 PM, Mike Pagano wrote:
4 > Title: vanilla-sources stabilization policy
5 > Author: Mike Pagano <mpagano@g.o>
6 > Content-Type: text/plain
7 > Posted: 2013-08-07
8 > Revision: 1
9 > News-Item-Format: 1.0
10 > Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/vanilla-sources
11 >
12 > The Gentoo Kernel Team will no longer be providing stable
13 > vanilla-sources kernels. All currently stabilized vanilla-sources
14 > versions will be dropped to ~arch. The Arch teams, via normal requests
15 > of the Kernel Team, will continue to stabilize gentoo-sources kernels
16 > upon request. This decision is based on the facts that upstream is now
17 > releasing approximately 1-2 vanilla-sources kernels a week. Arch teams,
18 > understandably, are unable to keep up with this rate of release. As
19 > most vanilla releases contain security fixes, the user who only runs
20 > stable vanilla-sources will consistently be behind and potentially at
21 > risk. For the latest "upstream kernel unpatched by Gentoo" kernel, we
22
23 > "upstream kernel unpatched by Gentoo" kernel
24 wat. Possibly intended:
25 > For the latest upstream kernel unpatched by Gentoo
26
27 > recommend users add 'sys-kernel/vanilla-sources' to their
28 > package.accept_keywords file. gentoo-sources will continue to be a
29 > tested and supported version for Gentoo users.
30 >
31 >
32 > Note: This news item only applies to gentoo-sources and vanilla-sources.
33 > Other kernels currently maintained in portage have their own policies
34 > and procedures in place toda
35 toda? derp. "today" or just remove it.
36
37 s/\. /. /g or s/\. ([^ ])/. \1/g
38 (consistently use one space between sentences or two)

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