Am 05.12.2013 14:06, schrieb Andrew Wafaa:
On 5 December 2013 11:28, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:
Hi,
Since 3.11.y maintenance was discontinued by Greg, Ubuntu took over it. It made me wonder: are we willing to continue 3.11.y for openSUSE 13.1 updates, just relying on Ubuntu? Or, can we just move on 3.12.y?
Has the precedence been set of changing version of the kernel after release, I don't remember it happening in the past? That aside, personally I would feel much happier using an upstream maintained kernel, so if that means moving to 3.12.y then so be it. I unfortunately do not have any confidence in Ubuntu keeping the wider community's interest at heart, they will just do what works for them.
I'm pretty sure that during the 2.4 and 2.6 kernel series there were patch level updates. Since the versioning changed the minor number is more what the patch level was in the past and those we had for sure at some point. I'm not a kernel expert and don't follow it well and the decision should be on the kernel maintainers side taking into consideration the risks and benefits. I would propose some testing beforehand though. Probably after preparation of such an update let it long enough in the update test queue for example and announce its availability to a broader audience notice it and give it a try. Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org