kernel-update freq

[John Wendel]

Dave Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 06:27:08PM +0000, T. Horsnell wrote:
>  > What's the policy on keeping up-to-date kernels on
>  > the repos? It looks to me like the latest kernel
>  > on FC3 and 4 is 2.6.12-1.1381 (dated around 22 June),
>  > and yet kernel.org is at 2.6.14.3 (dated 25 Nov).
>  > 
>  > I've hit a pile of ieee1394 issues which, according
>  > to the Changelogs on kernel.org may well have been
>  > fixed in the more recent kernels.
>  > 
>  > Should I build my own, or is a FC3/4 kernel-update imminent?
> 
> FC3 is going to stay at 2.6.12 until end of life.
> The problem with rebasing to newer releases is that they
> always require various bits of userspace to also get updated.
> Given that everyone is overloaded with FC4/FC5 right now,
> chances are we wouldn't get all the bits updated in time
> before it hits end of life.
> 
> I may have decided this a little prematurely, but 2.6.13
> wasn't a particularly good kernel judging from the FC4
> bug reports, so it probably paid off.
> 
> A 2.6.14.3 update for FC4 went out yesterday.
> 
> 		Dave
> 


I'm running kernel.org 2.6.14.3 on an FC3 system. Works fine here 
(famous last words).

Regards,

John