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Michael Jones wrote: |
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> Again, no animosity against anyone: |
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> But Rich, Linux-4.19.97 was released on Jan 17th, and then |
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> gentoo-sources-4.19.97 was released on Jan 18th, |
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> whereas https://bugs.gentoo.org/706036 was acknowledged to be fixed by |
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> Linux-4.19.99 on Jan 29th, and it's now Feb 9th and no newer |
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> gentoo-sources package has been stabilized. |
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> So we've got some inconsistency in how the gentoo-sources package is |
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> stabilized. You don't mind going directly with the upstream package, |
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> but I personally do, which is why I used the gentoo-sources package |
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> for my kernel needs in large part because I have trust in the Gentoo |
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> distribution to provide that small but crucial extra layer of insider |
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> knowledge on how likely a particular upstream kernel release is going |
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> to break my systems. |
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> I certainly don't have a relationship with Gentoo where I pay money to |
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> someone and expect some kind of service level guarantees, so honestly |
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> this email is just a lot of hot-air. But if Gentoo wants to provide |
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> good experiences to end users who are updating their kernels, I |
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> personally think it's worth considering the release cadance and |
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> whether the currently used one is the right fit for the actual goals |
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> of the project. |
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> I'm not saying the current cadance isn't the right one, and i'm not |
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> saying it is. I'm just saying in this particular situation, it didn't |
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> fit one specific end-users needs, and maybe that's fine, and maybe |
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> it's not. I'm not the one putting in the work, so I'm not going to say |
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> the project *should* take an action. Just point out that there was a |
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> problem from my perspective. |
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There is a kernel mailing list that posts when there is updates. You |
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may want to subscribe to that and if nothing else, just monitor it for |
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when there is new updates. I'm not sure but I think you can reply/post |
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to that list as well if there is a question or problem. |
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You can subscribe by emailing this address just like you did for this |
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mailing list. |
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gentoo-kernel+subscribe@l.g.o |
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Hope that helps. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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