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From: Mike Pagano <mpagano@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo-sources - should we stable?
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 15:14:21
Message-Id: 2455568.bBdhaduARI@crow
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo-sources - should we stable? by Pacho Ramos
1 On Saturday, January 03, 2015 11:18:26 AM Pacho Ramos wrote:
2 > El vie, 02-01-2015 a las 12:25 -0500, Mike Pagano escribió:
3 > > Hello, Everyone,
4 > >
5
6 > > [2] http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
7 >
8 > In my case I still run only "stable" gentoo-sources in many machines to
9 > prevent regressions introduced by new major kernel releases. For
10 > example, few weeks ago kernel 3.17.x were breaking X in some of them due
11 > to a regression with AGP handling that was fixed in 3.17.4.
12 >
13 > Even if arch team members cannot test the versions really deep, for now
14 > it has been enough for me to rely on kernel maintainers thinking a
15 > concrete major version is ready to be stabilized after some weeks :)
16
17 Hi, Pacho,
18
19 I think if you read further in the thread and find Ian's suggestion, it should
20 cover your needs nicely.
21
22 Mike
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo-sources - should we stable? Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o>