Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:49:41 -0500 |
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On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 23:58 +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > On Sat, 03 Dec 2005, Lee Revell wrote: > > > You seem to be saying that the current development model is unacceptable > > for users for whom older kernel work just fine, and the main risk in > > upgrading is regression. But the new development model is clearly > > needed for those users whose needs are not met by the old kernel, say > > due to unacceptable soft RT performance or unsupported hardware. > > > > But it's wrong to try to evenly balance the needs of these two classes > > of users, because the first class has another option - they can stick > > with the old kernel that works for them. The second class of users has > > The point that just escaped you as the motivation for this thread was > the availability of security (or other critical) fixes for older > kernels. It would all be fine if, say, the fix for CVE-2004-2492 were > available for those who find 2.6.8 works for them (the fix went into > 2.6.14 BTW), and the concern is the development model isn't fit to > accomodate needs like this. >
If you want security fixes backported then you can get a distro kernel.
Lee
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