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That article you linked to is about a variant of linux, "rt". And as it |
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looks they didn't update their branch since the release of 4.19.100-r41. |
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-stable-rt.git/log/?h=v4.19-rt |
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linux is at 4.19.102 now... |
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AFAIR the Gentoo kernel team knows what's going on regarding upcoming linux |
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patches. |
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They know about the fixes in each minor release. And they kinda sort out |
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what's important enough and what not. |
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Because longterm gets releases every few DAYS (!) and forcing the user to |
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update the kernel after every single sync is hardcore. |
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IMO it's good the way it is. |
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Am Do., 6. Feb. 2020 um 06:14 Uhr schrieb Matt Connell < |
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matthewdconnell@×××××.com>: |
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> I see posts on LWN (or other sources) for kernel minor version releases, |
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> such as this one: https://lwn.net/Articles/811334/ The notes will |
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> typically say that users should upgrade to that minor version due to bug |
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> fixes or security patches. |
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> I know that gentoo-sources tracks on the most current LTS kernel |
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> release, currently 4.19.97. However, these versions seem to usually be |
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> slightly behind the 'recommended' minor version number. |
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> Why is this? Is it because the Gentoo patchset precludes the issues |
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> that are being resolved by the LTS releases? Are the issues considered |
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> significantly minor enough that they don't warrant a version bump for |
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> gentoo-sources? |
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> No complaint or dissatisfaction being expressed here, just curious why |
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> this seems to be, and if I should consider accepting ~amd64 for a newer |
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> version. |
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