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On 01/07/2015 07:48 PM, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:
> On 01/07/2015 07:22 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 1:11 PM, William Hubbs
>> <willi...@gentoo.org> wrote:

...

> 
> 
> My two cents is that this is particularly true for kernel sources.
> For other applications GLSAs will take over the responsibility for
> the mask to ensure an upgrade path, however as we don't currently
> have a structured mechanism for kernels I support the mask
> personally.
> 

Adding on to this. If we follow up from the earlier thread on kernel
series stabilization. Could it be an idea to keep package masks for
LTS branches of the kernel at least, but as a <= rather than specific
kernel versions. As such this could be updated when new bugs are
announced without clobbering the p.masks file going forwards?

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