When are we going to see some newer kernels ?

Linuxguy123 linuxguy123 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 15 17:35:59 UTC 2011


On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 11:08 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote:

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> Does this make sense?
Yes.

> Its a whole lot of work to get all of the Fedora/RH patches lined up
> for 
> any given 2.6.XX release.
> 
> It is much more manageable to go into maintenance mode after a major 
> Fedora release, and limit kernel patches to security and performance 
> enhancements.  This also helps clarify what kinds of things should go 
> upstream.
> 
> I would bet very strongly against a > 2.6.35 kernel for Fedora 14 at 
> this point.

Its going to be a long couple months waiting for a 2.6.37 kernel.  

I'm glad to hear that F15 will eventually have 2.6.39 kernels.

LG



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