On Monday 27 August 2007, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 21:21 +0200, Fernando J. Pereda wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 09:08:34PM +0200, Fernando J. Pereda wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 11:57:48AM -0700, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > > > > As many of you may know, the Gentoo Kernel team has stopped > > > > supporting our last 2.4 kernel sources in the tree, > > > > gentoo-sources-2.4. Since we no longer have an officially supported > > > > 2.4 kernel on alpha/sparc/x86, I have deprecated the 2.4 profiles for > > > > those architectures. The 2.4 kernel has had a good run with Gentoo. > > > > It is a shame to see it go, but we're finding more and more > > > > applications are requiring hal/udev or other 2.6-only requirements, > > > > making for a hard time for teams like Gnome. The profiles are slated > > > > to be removed on or after November 1st. There is no "upgrade path" > > > > as we will no longer have 2.4 profiles, but it should be a fairly > > > > smooth transition to any 2.6 profile. > > > > > > It's a shame that you've done that BEFORE asking the relevant arch > > > teams. Thats a REAL BIG SHAME. > > > > > > Consider your changes on the alpha profiles reverted as soon as I get > > > to my machine. > > > > And now everything is being friendly sorted out between Chris and the > > alpha arch team. Sorry everybody (and specially Chris) for the > > over-reaction, but I felt it was needed. > > Let this be a lesson to everyone. Just because you discussed it a > couple months ago doesn't necessarily mean: > > a) it is still wanted > -or- > b) it is still valid
so what is the 2.4 status then ? > So remember, kids, always check with your friendly local arch teams > before you poke around in their playgrounds! also, cat poop has worms -mike
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
