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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo-sources - should we stable?
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 23:23:57
Message-Id: CAGfcS_==bUcq1msLRVS1=X1D1CuSeui5i6h8cnK4FCoUvmjXOQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo-sources - should we stable? by Diamond
1 On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Diamond <diamond@××××××.ru> wrote:
2 > On Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:25:56 -0500
3 > Mike Pagano <mpagano@g.o> wrote:
4 >
5 >> Kernel versions are coming out 1-2 a week at this point.
6 >
7 > There's also a problem to upgrade kernel for a user every 1-2 week by
8 > hands using "make oldconfig" and reading smth like
9 > kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges. Not everyone uses genkernel.
10 >
11
12 If you're sticking with a stable kernel branch, especially a longterm
13 one, make oldconfig is about all there is to it - most likely you
14 won't get even a single prompt. If you're paranoid you can read the
15 changes, but they're called stable for a reason. When you move
16 between branches then there is of course more work.
17
18 --
19 Rich