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Hello, Everyone, |
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Are there solid arguments for stabilizing any version of gentoo-sources? I |
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think the valid arguments for not stabilizing gentoo-sources can be garnered |
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from the thread about not stabilizing vanilla-sources[1]. |
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This is in no way complaining about how long it takes to stabilize a kernel. |
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It's just a fact that by the time we do stabilizing one, there might be many, |
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many kernel versions released for that 3.X branch that contains security fixes |
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for which the stable version will not have. Kernel versions are coming out |
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1-2 a week at this point. |
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I feel we are giving users a false sense of security, and maybe it would be |
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better for them to upgrade faster than they are doing now if they are only |
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using stable kernels. |
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Having stable kernels around keeps me from deleting these old, potentially |
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vulnerable releases.[2] |
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Mike |
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[1] http://marc.info/?l=gentoo-kernel&m=137182668616082&w=2 |
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[2] http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources |
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Mike Pagano |
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Gentoo Developer - Kernel Project |
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Team Lead - Gentoo Sources |
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E-Mail : mpagano@g.o |
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GnuPG FP : EEE2 601D 0763 B60F 848C 9E14 3C33 C650 B576 E4E3 |
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Public Key : http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xB576E4E3&op=index |