Re: [PATCH 1/2] lttng-modules: Update revision to grab last bugfix releases

[Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>]

On 13-11-18 10:50 AM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Saul Wold <saul.wold@intel.com> wrote:
>> On 11/18/2013 06:50 AM, Robert Yang wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/18/2013 10:18 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Robert Yang
>>>> <liezhi.yang@windriver.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This should be considered for Dora as well as it fixes the deadlock
>>>>>> and building with 3.12 kernels.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Otavio, thanks for suggesting this for dora, but dora's kernel is
>>>>> 3.10.11,
>>>>> and this is an update for lttng-modules, I'm not sure whether dora needs
>>>>> this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Add Saul in the CC list.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think Dora ought to get the new 3.10 kernel updates; this can go
>>>> along side with it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Otavio,
>>>
>>> I'm sorry, but I'm not sure whether we need update dora's kernel from
>>> 3.10.11
>>> to 3.10.17, since we seldom do the package update for a stable branch,
>>> let's wait for others' comments:-).
>>>
>> This is correct, I do not think we will be updating the kernel for a stable
>> branch.
>
> This is wrong. We should update to 3.10.17 as this is the LTS release,
> otherwise what is the point of us using a LTS at all?

Obviously I'll be maintaining the LTS release in master, but that
maintenance gets a mix of bug fixes and features associated with the
upstream maintenance + LTSI + BSP requirements.

I've sent patches for the sustained branches in the past, and can
do it here as well. But to do it properly, there really needs to be a
dedicated kernel repository, since things like the LTSI import and
new BSP support will be mixed into the tree if a single 3.10 repo
is used.

I'm willing to split the repo and do -stable korg release updates, but
at some point there are only so many repositories and versions that
should be maintained at one time. As to what that number is, I don't have
a firm one in mind.

At a minimum, it would be safe for the dora maintenance branch to take
my latest kernel -stable imports, but in the not to distant future,
it would need a separate maintenance stream.

Cheers,

Bruce

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