Re: [gentoo-dev] Where to put prerelease vanilla kernels?

[Matt Rickard]

>
> > Another option is to create a separate category for these, something
> > like pre-vanilla-sources.  This has the benefit that people who want
> > vanilla will get only vanilla, and not a prerelease -- regardless of
> > which profile they are using.
>
> I don't like this idea (even though I'm in the minority here :). First
> of all, when the _pre's are finished and the stable kernel is
> released, people which are using pre-vanilla-sources will be stuck at
> the latest _pre (or_testing).

I think the idea here was to also include _rc kernels in this category. 
Since an _rc generally becomes the stable when it is deemed worthy,
people shouldn't really be behind here (except by version number, not
content).

In the case where there are a couple last minute changes from the final
_rc to the next stable release, then yes, this could be a problem :\ 
(although I don't know if this actually happens or not).

>
> And when they emerge the vanilla-sources, they'll miss the next _pre
> cycle.
>
> Personally, I would go for package.mask
>

package.mask is what I was really trying to avoid.  It's always a pain
to have to unmask a package if you want to use it.  These kernels are
usually quite stable, and I don't think they deserve to be hard masked.

I'm still open to suggestions on this though...

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