Hi,
Wow, this is the first response that wasn't rude. Thank you.
I was surprised at how rude all the other responses were - that was a stark contrast to how the opensuse community has been at the forums. I guess the community is more patient than the actual project team?> The people who were snarky and rude should know better :-(
True. A simple "well this what we call freeze" would have done the job.
On to other things though...
If you need the latest and greatest kernel vs what was included with any openSUSE release, you can use the KOTD http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Kernel_of_the_day
This of course comes with its risk of broken things - although in my experience it's rarely so broken that it doesn't work at all. If you follow the steps documented here: http://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/html/openSUSE/opensuse-tuning/cha. tuning.multikernel.html or here: http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Keep_multiple_kernel_versions you always have a way out if the KOTD falls over on you.
You can also take a look at Kernel:HEAD https://build.opensuse.org/project/show?project=Kernel%3AHEAD
Jos Poortvliet wrote a nice intro to Kernels in openSUSE here: http://news.opensuse.org/2011/06/06/get-your-fresh-kernels-from-opensuse -and-test-linux-3-0/
This doesn't resolve the "shelf-life" issue for you, but... that's something every fixed release distro has to deal with. At least you've got the option to use the kernel you want :-)
Another option is Tumbleweed, which I personally like better. I don't know who is maintaining this ATM, but I remember Greg KH doing that before, so I assume its somebody capable. He still does it ;-)
I personally run Tumbleweed, and the issues I ever had were at max minor things. ATM its 3.7.9 but they will switch pretty soon to 3.8 I think...
http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Tumbleweed
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Tumbleweed/standard
Tumbleweed usually freezes for a few weeks around the release to let things settle down a bit, so I'm not sure if he'll push the kernel that soon.
Oh and check also http://kernel.opensuse.org for getting fresh kernels!
http://kernel.opensuse.org/cgit/kernel/log/?h=stable 3.8 is now 4 days in stable. I'll offer an old toad beer if it takes longer than 2 weeks from now (which is earlier than 12.3 release, right?) - mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org