On 11/01/2011 08:42 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Yasha Karant<[email protected]> wrote:
On 10/30/2011 03:02 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
I should also note that kernel-ml is not for production use but it's
been quite stable and Alan has been doing a good job of keeping it up
to date. :-)
http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-ml
Akemi
[snip-
No, I was not referring to the mainline kernel available from
kernel.org. It was about the *kernel-ml* package from elrepo.org. I
was hoping everybody would read the link I provided in my post before
using the kernel-ml package. Here once again:
http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-ml
In the Notes section:
"These packages are provided As-Is with no implied warranty or
support. Using the kernel-ml may expose your system to security,
performance and/or data corruption issues. Since timely updates may
not be available from the ELRepo Project, the end user has the
ultimate responsibility for deciding whether to continue using the
kernel-ml packages in regular service."
That is what meant by "not for production use". Of course you can use
it as far as you know what you are doing/using. The kernel-ml package
was intended for hardware testing that may not be covered by the kmod
packages.
However, further discussion regarding the ELRepo packages must go to
the elrepo mailing lists:
http://elrepo.org/tiki/MailingLists
Akemi
From: https://www.redhat.com/licenses/rhel_rha_eula.html
3. Limited Warranty. Except as specifically stated in this Section 3, a
separate agreement with Red Hat, or a license for a particular
component, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, the
Programs and the components are provided and licensed "as is" without
warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including the implied
warranties of merchantability, non-infringement or fitness for a
particular purpose.
AND further along in Section 3
Neither Red Hat nor its affiliates warrants that the functions contained
in the Programs will meet your requirements or that the operation of the
Programs will be entirely error free, appear or perform precisely as
described in the accompanying documentation, or comply with regulatory
requirements.
End quote. Although mention is made of a particular vendor (due to this
being a quote from the EULA of that vendor and thus fair use under
copyright requires such attribution), the quote is for illustrative
purposes.
How does the above lack of warranty from a commercial for-profit vendor
differ from the "These packages are provided As-Is with no implied
warranty or support" from el-repo or the similar disclaimer from SL?
This is not a discussion of specific ElRepo packages, but a general
question of interest to all users of packages advertised on the SL list
-- ElRepo in this particular instance.
Yasha Karant
