Wanna give me a hand debunking this?

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Tue Nov 27 03:19:41 UTC 2007


Kelly Miller wrote:
> Lamar Owen wrote:
>> He wants a stable kernel but a more up to date userland so that the 
>> kernel driver ABI doesn't change but userland does.   

> Lock the kernel so it's not updated?

I don't think anyone who has watched the security fixes that go into the 
kernel over any length of time will want to go without them.  And even 
then the lifespan of a fedora release is short and release level 
upgrades aren't supported (I know, sometimes they sort-of  work...).

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com





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