How far back should red hat port fixes? The policy is public and adhered to...
On Sat, May 23, 2015, 3:29 PM ToddAndMargo <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/23/2015 12:51 AM, David Sommerseth wrote: > > On 23 May 2015 06:16:23 CEST, ToddAndMargo <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 05/20/2015 03:36 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: > >>> That means that once a new major release of RHEL is out, it aims to > >> be rock solid and stable for a long time > >> > >> > >> Sometimes. Other times it freezes bugs and instabilities in > >> place, like the kvm bugs I reported. It is a double edges sword. > > > > > > Which bz is that? > > -- > > kind regards, > > > > David Sommerseth > > > > > Hi David, > > I am guessing at what you mean by "bz", so here is an > example of the double edged sword. This is a USB problem > that reported to QEMU. > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1458121 > > Their answer was: > > That version was a pre-alfa version of kvm support in > qemu, is insanely outdated, is heavily patched by redhat. > I don't even think USB2 was supported by that version. > Please try on a current version of qemu and kernel and > reopen if the problem persist there. > > status: New → Invalid > > "pre-alpha", "insanely outdated". No wonder qemm-kvm has > problems. > > They just lock in all the crap they don't want to fix or > that doesn't embarrass them too badly. Red Hat says they > support EL6 till 2020, but they really don't. They just stop > working on it after a while. "Semi-maintained" would have > to apply. > > -T > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Computers are like air conditioners. > They malfunction when you open windows > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >
