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Grant Goodyear wrote: |
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> # ls /usr/portage/sys-kernel -l | grep -v CVS | wc -l |
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> 44 |
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> Anybody know which kernels are actually being used? Which have active |
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> maintainers? Given the goal of a quick response to kernel |
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> vulnerabilities, it seems clear that each kernel needs a redundancy of |
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> two to three people who can update handle patches when the need arises. |
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> (That doesn't mean we need 3*44 kernel devs; a high degree of |
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> overlapping would be fine.) |
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I'm probably going to dump mips-prepatch-sources (which is an empty |
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directory anyways), as I've decided that maintaining -rc, -pre or -bk |
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ebuilds becomes too much of a hassle as they move too quickly. |
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--Kumba |
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"Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: |
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small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are |
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elsewhere." --Elrond |
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