2013-02-26 quidam/quædam/quoddam 'Marc Schiffbauer' inquit:
Am Montag, 25. Februar 2013, 18:35:21 schrieb Peter Gantner:
2013-02-25 quidam/quædam/quoddam 'Tom Wijsman' inquit:
On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:05:01 -0500
I have had good results with choosing whatever
Greg KH dubs his Long Term kernel (currenlty 3.4) and then simply
package.keyword that whole series:
=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.5* -* # EOL
=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.4* # GKH stable
I don't mind keywording the minor-minor release from Gentoo, I find it
unlikely much will break in such a release.
I like this idea. But are there any plans in always stabilizing the latest
long term kernel within a short timewindow?
Actually I have always wondered why the kernels are SLOTted by complete
version and not just series. I imagine many peoples lives would be
easier if they could just unmask xxx-sources:3.4 and therefore always
get the current "upstream-stable" version of their preferred kernel.
But then there are probably good reasons for the way it is done. (Or,
maybe, it is a holdover from 2.6.xx days where the two dots made more
sense for SLOTs?)
Greets,
Peter G.
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