On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 03:26:56AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 07:21 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:21:59AM -0700, da...@lang.hm wrote: > > > rather than having a hard schedule (the first kernel released after > > > July 1 each year for example I know this is not the exact proposal), > > > I think that it would be better to pick the -longterm kernel a few > > > months after it has been released (3.4 is looking very good, the > > > normal minor driver fixes in -stable, but no fundamental regressions > > > have been reported, it's the new -longerm kernel for example) > > > > > > doing so doesn't give the predictability that some people will want > > > in knowing that their September release will always have a fresh new > > > -longerm kernel, but I think the result would be better -longterm > > > kernels. However, to get the information about how good the kernels > > > are, I think that the -stable timeframe would need to be extended to > > > give the kernels time to settle and gather reports. I would then > > > suggest scheduling that once a year you look at the last couple > > > -stable kernels and pick one of them rather than designating the new > > > -longterm kernel ahead of time. > > > > Yes, that's a very good idea. I've seen problems in the past when > > distros have made a time-based decision to pick a kernel version and > > then the problems that this can cause if it happens that a subsystem > > really had issues for that release. > > > > So yes, I'll take a look at the bug reports and how things are working > > out to pick the next -longterm. I'll also take into consideration any > > companies/major users that are going to be using that release as well, > > so it greatly behooves people to talk to me about their plans (hint, > > hint...) > [...] > > This might be a good discussion to have at Kernel Summit, if enough > distro people are going to be there.
I doubt the proper distro people will be at the Kernel Summit, sorry. Perhaps at Plumbers or at LinuxCon Europe? greg k-h _______________________________________________ stable mailing list stable@linux.kernel.org http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/stable
