Re: [RFC] Unify KVM kernel-space and user-space code into a single project

Ingo Molnar
2010-03-18T14:27:13Z

* John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> writes:
> >
> >> [...]
> >> Distributions are very eager to update kernels even in stable periods of the
> >> distro lifetime - they are much less willing to update user-space packages.
> >> [...]
> >
> > Sorry, er, what? ?What distributions eagerly upgrade kernels in stable
> > periods, were it not primarily motivated by security fixes? ?What users
> > eagerly replace their kernels?
> >
>
> Us guys reading and participating on the list. ;)

I'd like to second that - i'm actually quite happy to update the distro
kernel. Also, i have rarely any problems even with bleeding edge kernels in
rawhide - they are working pretty smoothly.

A large xorg update showing up in yum update gives me the cringe though ;-)

Ingo