On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 16:55:00 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
On 01/10/2017, 08:17 PM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
Hi,
as we've started the development of openSUSE Leap 42.3, this question seems mandatory:
Should we - A) use a kernel based on SLE12-SP3 (4.4.x), or -
Either this -- I really love the SLE-openSUSE symbiosis here. The kernel receives care.
B) fork an own branch based on 4.9.x?
Hell, no! This was how openSUSE 13.2 (IIRC the number) ended up almost unsupported. The support for the kernel was really, really bad. And 4.9 won't be an LTS kernel too, AFAIK.
I thought Greg wanted to make 4.9 an LTS: http://kroah.com/log/blog/2016/09/06/4-dot-9-equals-equals-next-lts-kernel/ Not sure whether he changed his mind since then. kernel.org page doesn't declare 4.9 as LTS yet. And, in the above, I didn't mean to stick with 4.9, but referred it as the latest LTS kernel. So, read it as - B) fork an own branch at the next LTS before 42.3 release It'll be in a similar situation like Leap 42.1 which has 4.1.x-based kernel. It's less pain than openSUSE 13.2, while its support status is still far worse than Leap 42.2. thanks, Takashi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org