Dmitry (#8), As you are well aware, Ubuntu uses the bleeding edge kernels, and one of the nice things about devel packages was that, when they were being released on a more frequent rate), the devel releases where more quicker to adapt to the newest (release candidate) kernels.
I know stable releases are better (you keep reminding me). But I'm kind of impatient, and I would like to get to stop the module build failures as fast as possible. And like I said, the joy of the devel releases was that I would only have to wait a month (or so) to see if compatibility for X kernel was added (in the devel package). If it was, I could test it, create the merge proposal, and (after approval) wait for the next problem to arise. And since the git repo doesn't updates as I fast I would like to, I can't simply grab fixes (patches) for the broken package. I have to wait from a patch from someone (who's better with the kernel than I am), to fix the problem. I'm gonna stop there before I confuse you more. But before I do, I want to ask two things. 1) How are other Distributions responding when you're asking them to move to the Stable packaging? 2) The file needed for compatibility with 3.12 is VMware own version of the uidgid.h file. I want to wrap up the 3.12 issues before I start tackling the 3.13 stuff. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to open-vm-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1269985 Title: Revert package back to Devel release To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1269985/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
