Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964896AbVLFBTh (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 20:19:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964897AbVLFBTg (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 20:19:36 -0500 Received: from mail.enyo.de ([212.9.189.167]:41674 "EHLO mail.enyo.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964896AbVLFBTf (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 20:19:35 -0500 From: Florian Weimer To: Greg KH Cc: "M." , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel References: <20051203135608.GJ31395@stusta.de> <9a8748490512030629t16d0b9ebv279064245743e001@mail.gmail.com> <20051203201945.GA4182@kroah.com> <20051203211209.GA4937@kroah.com> Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 02:19:29 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20051203211209.GA4937@kroah.com> (Greg KH's message of "Sat, 3 Dec 2005 13:12:09 -0800") Message-ID: <87y82z10pq.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1057 Lines: 23 * Greg KH: >> Yes but not home users with relatively new/bleeding edge hardware or >> small projects writing for example a wifi driver or a security patch >> or whatever without full time commitment to tracking kernel changes. > > If you are a user that wants this kind of support, then use a distro > that can handle this. Obvious examples that come to mind are both > Debian and Gentoo and Fedora and OpenSuSE, and I'm sure there are > others. IIRC, Gentoo ignores some kinds of security bugs so that the task remains manageable. Debian, in contrast, hasn't released a kernel update for its stable distribution since June (but unstable and even testing is in surprisingly good shape). Maybe the real vendor kernels are better. Without CVE-based bug tracking on their part, it is hard to tell, though. 8-) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/