Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: "M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@×××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 08:24:45
Message-Id: 0b89e50f-e793-7950-464f-e95f7cdcd1e2@iee.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles. by Benda Xu
1 On 11/01/18 03:18, Benda Xu wrote:
2 > Hi MJ,
3 >
4 > "M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@×××.org> writes:
5 >
6 >> Not entirely as a #gentoo-nit-pick .. I'm slightly unclear on the
7 >> different between 2.6.16+ and 2.6.32+ .. should this potentially be
8 >> 2.16.16-32 perhaps [2.6.16~32 even] or is this more obvious only to me,
9 >> and more confusing to others....
10 > 2.6.16+ means that it can be used in any cases when the kernel is newer
11 > than 2.6.16. For example, you can use it on linux-4.14, just with
12 > unnecessary backward compatibility code.
13 >
14 > Besides, with the newest profile, kernel-3.2+, the ending kernel version
15 > is not known. We will have to rename it when glibc jumps if the profile
16 > is named with a version range.
17 >
18 >
19 > Hope this addresses your concern.
20 >
21 > Cheers,
22 > Benda
23 Thanks, that does make sense!
24
25 MJE

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