Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel | Date | Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:05:22 -0300 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Massimiliano Hofer <max@bbs.cc.uniud.it> wrote:
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> I maintain a number of servers and don't like to depend on a distro for > the kernel. I do my tests before deployment and can live with some > problems in a specific release (noone is perfect), but I'd like to have a > plan B without creating my own branch.
Reasonable.
> Having security patches in a 2.6.(x-1).y would allow me to test the > latest vanilla AND have stable production servers without the rush that > usually accompanies a new release followed by a vulnerability.
You can certainly keep 2.6.x.y for a while when 2.6.(x+1) shows up, and even wait for 2.6.(x+1).1. Note that the stable series maintainers are sypmathetic to the idea of doing a last 2.6.x.(y+1), flushing the queued patches when 2.6.(x+1) shows up. Is this enough for you? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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