From: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>
To: Chris Howells <chris@chrishowells.co.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux-kernel-announce?
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 12:48:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011001124811.D25387@mikef-linux.matchmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011001164720Z275269-761+14414@vger.kernel.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011001164720Z275269-761+14414@vger.kernel.org>
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 05:47:29PM +0100, Chris Howells wrote:
> Are there any plans for a low volume list of announcements regarding the
> Linux kernel? For example, whenever Linus or Alan or whoever releases a
> kernel, I would find it very useful to be notified of this by e-mail, since I
> typically wish to run the latest stable Linux kernel that is available.
>
> Sure this information is available here on the main list, although I
> personally do not have the time (or to be honest, the inclanation) to be on
> this list. As a result of this, I tend not to find out about the latest
> kernel releases until a day or two later and I notice a story on Slashdot, or
> stumble on to kernel.org, and see the announcement there.
>
The problem with that, is that there is usually a reply to the announcement
that is helpful before you compile it. Many times there is even a small
patch (usually for pre or -ac kernels) that fixes some small oversight.
At the moment, if you want to run the latest kernel, you should be reading
this list.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-01 19:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-01 16:47 linux-kernel-announce? Chris Howells
2001-10-01 16:57 ` linux-kernel-announce? André Dahlqvist
2001-10-01 17:00 ` linux-kernel-announce? Matti Aarnio
2001-10-01 17:51 ` linux-kernel-announce? Petr Baudis
2001-10-01 18:09 ` linux-kernel-announce? Kent Borg
2001-10-01 14:54 ` linux-kernel-announce? Rob Landley
2001-10-02 18:51 ` linux-kernel-announce? Chris Howells
2001-10-01 19:48 ` Mike Fedyk [this message]
2001-10-02 1:01 ` linux-kernel-announce? Rob Landley
2001-10-02 5:27 ` linux-kernel-announce? john slee
2001-10-02 7:21 ` linux-kernel-announce? Russell King
2001-10-02 18:56 ` linux-kernel-announce? Chris Howells
2001-10-02 18:54 ` linux-kernel-announce? Chris Howells
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