Re: [gentoo-user] linux boot logo in 2.6.29-gentoo sources

[Eric Martin]

Jorge Morais wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:48:22 -0400
> Eric Martin <freak4uxxx@×××××.com> wrote:
>
>> Also, the kernel is the last place that you want to drag
>> your feet for updates.  If there's a bug in the kernel I want to have it
>> fixed asap.  Granted you can also argue that I'm injecting buggy code.
>> It's two sides of the same coin.
>>
> Come on, that is what bugfix releases are for.
> Gentoo-sources is patched for bugs.
> I prefer to use vanilla-sources, so I rely on upstream's bugfix
> releases. Currently I use 2.6.27.21. I will stop using 2.6.27.x
> when a later version becomes gentoo-stable, and either
> 1) upstream stops bugfixing 2.6.27
> 2) 2.6.27 lacks a feature I want
> 3) 2.6.27 becomes so old that I fear it might be incompatible
> with the rest of Gentoo.
>
> Probably 1 or 2 will happen much earlier than 3.
>
> PS: I of course know that sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-2.6.27.21
> is currently ~x86, but my rationale is that 2.6.27 is Gentoo-stable,
> and I want the latest bugfix release from the stable release family
> I am using. I don't know why, in the case of the 2.6.27.x version,
> the Gentoo kernel team is taking so long to stabilize the latest
> bugfix release.
>
> PS2: If something I said sounds strange, remember English is my second
> language.
>


Like I said, you're waiting for x months (I think it's 3) for the gentoo
teams to mark it from ~arch -> arch.  That's 3 months that you don't
have bug fixes in.

N matter what though, the most important thing to remember is to do what
you're comfortable with.  While I think that Gentoo is the greatest
distro of the greatest OS, me suggesting it to somebody who can't learn
how to use it is foolish, people need to be comfortable and happy with
the solution.

-- 
Eric Martin
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