Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel

Massimiliano Hofer
2005-12-07T16:29:24Z

On Wednesday 7 December 2005 5:05 pm, Horst von Brand wrote:

> You can certainly keep 2.6.x.y for a while when 2.6.(x+1) shows up, and
> even wait for 2.6.(x+1).1. Note that the stable series maintainers are
> sypmathetic to the idea of doing a last 2.6.x.(y+1), flushing the queued
> patches when 2.6.(x+1) shows up. Is this enough for you?

If a 2.6.x.1 is released and a vulnerability is discovered with the wrong
timing, this leaves us with a kernel that has had little or no testing.

We already had a 2.6.x that didn't even boot on half my servers. When 2.6.x.1
is the first bootable version and a security patch arrives, this leaves me
with an uncomfortable choice between an old, stable and vulnerable version
and a new, shiny and untested one.

Having 2.6.x-1.y and 2.6.x.y would avoid this situation.

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Bye,
Massimiliano Hofer