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From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo-sources - should we stable?
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:00:27
Message-Id: 54B7ABC9.7070104@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo-sources - should we stable? by Rich Freeman
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4 On 01/15/2015 11:01 AM, Rich Freeman wrote:
5 > On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 3:31 AM, Sergey Popov <pinkbyte@g.o>
6 > wrote:
7 >> So, i like your idea to stick stable to the LTS kernel. While it
8 >> can lead to potential problems with some external modules(which
9 >> are, for example, marked stable now but does not support 3.4
10 >> kernel) the majority of really stable external kernel modules
11 >> usually backward compatible with LTS kernels.
12 >
13 > By LTS I was thinking more of 3.14, and not so much 3.4 or (gasp)
14 > 2.6.32. We just want to get out of the version of the month
15 > grind.
16
17 Fwiw I still have servers running Gentoo on the 3.4 series, and doubt
18 I'm the only one. I tend to stick to the LTS from when it is set up as
19 I don't need new functionality on it and want to retain a level of
20 stability, in particular on servers that are not in my physical
21 presence (at least without a great deal of travelling). Thankfully
22 have all servers upgraded to get rid of 2.6 series though :)
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