Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2024-04-16, Arve Barsnes <arve.bars...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 at 15:29, Dr Rainer Woitok <rainer.woi...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>> My understanding is the gentoo-sources kernels are aligned with the LTS >>>> upstream releases. >>> Right, they use the same version numbers. But you can't see from just >>> looking at the available "gentoo-sources" which one is LTS and which one >>> is not. You have to consult "https://www.kernel.org/"; to get this in- >>> formation. >> Only LTS kernels get stabilised, so this information is readily available. > "Stablized" as in the corresponding gentoo-sources ebuild is marked as > stable. [Not to be confused with Linux "stable" kernels -- not all of > which end up with LTS status.] > > Getnoo-sources also includes "stable" but not "LTS" Linux kernels, but > the gentoo-sources ebuild for those is always "testing". > > IOW, if you install gentoo-sources, and don't keyword it to allow > "testing" ebuilds, then you won't get anything other than LTS kernel > sources.
That's some helpful info. That helps me too. Dale :-) :-)
