Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Jan 2006 12:28:53 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: userspace breakage |
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On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 06:03:07PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote: > On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 02:56:16PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > That really isn't acceptable. Breaking user space - even things that are > > "close" to the kernel like udev scripts and alsa-lib, really is NOT a good > > idea. > > > > If you cannot upgrade a kernel without ugrading some user package, that > > should be considered a real bug and a regression. > > I'm glad you agree. I've decided to try something different once 2.6.16 > is out. Every day, I'm going to push the -git snapshot of the day into > a testing branch for Fedora users. (Normally, only rawhide[1] users > get to test kernel-de-jour, and this always has the latest userspace, so > we don't notice problems until a kernel point release and the stable > distro gets an update).
Ah, nice idea, I'll try to set up the same thing for Gentoo's kernels. Hopefully the expanded coverage will help...
thanks,
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