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On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 03:45:04PM -0400, Mike Pagano wrote: |
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> Are we agreed on a few facts? |
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> 1. Upstream release rate is now a much higher 1-2 kernels a week. |
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> 2. Very frequently, these releases contain security fixes. |
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> 3. This rate of release puts arch teams in a difficult position, since |
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> it is unsustainable to try to keep up tp date with stabilization |
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> 4. By continuing the policy of providing a stable kernel version, Gentoo |
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> is giving a false sense of security to its users, since by the time the |
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> kernel does get stabilized, a newer version more with more security |
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> fixes is almost always already released. |
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I agree with all of this, so, who is going to create the news item? I |
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think we should do this before 3.10.1 is out, just to start it all |
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during a new kernel release cycle, which should happen by the end of |
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next week, pending something causing me to delay it. |
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thanks, |
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greg k-h |
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