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180626 Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 8:58 PM Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote: |
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>> Does anyone know why the latest stable version of Gentoo-sources is 4.9.xx ? |
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>> I installed 4.9.16 , which I continue to use, on 2017-04-06 . |
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>> The tree contains versions of 4.14 4.16 4.17 , but all are still testing. |
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> I believe that some had been complaining about stability issues with 4.14, |
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> but personally I've been fine with it, and since I have a Ryzen CPU |
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> I want something that has the SMT support enabled ... |
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> I don't know what the Gentoo plans are for 4.14 - |
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> I know they've been avoiding it for a while. |
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> I'm not sure if they ever plan to move to it |
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> or if they're just hoping to skip it entirely. |
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> I think we sb getting a new longterm sometime in the next few months. |
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Well, wonders never cease (smile) : Gentoo-sources-4.14.52 is now stable ! |
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I've emerged it & will probably install it tomorrow. |
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Hopefully, this will also allow me to upgrade to Nvidia-drivers-396.24-r1 . |
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As always, my thanks to the volunteers involved. |
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