From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5582 invoked from network); 9 Jul 2004 23:34:00 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 9 Jul 2004 23:34:00 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bj4sR-0000R8-E6 for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Jul 2004 23:33:59 +0000 Received: (qmail 13393 invoked by uid 89); 9 Jul 2004 23:33:59 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 13184 invoked from network); 9 Jul 2004 23:33:58 +0000 Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 16:32:25 -0700 From: Greg KH To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: <20040709233225.GA8727@kroah.com> References: <20040709232251.GC31999@violet.grantgoodyear.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040709232251.GC31999@violet.grantgoodyear.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Too many kernels? X-Archives-Salt: 657f7bca-2886-4a40-b728-ed000c82f81f X-Archives-Hash: ce8b5e83a26c678046eaeee2cc33b8f3 On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 07:22:51PM -0400, Grant Goodyear wrote: > # ls /usr/portage/sys-kernel -l | grep -v CVS | wc -l > 44 > > Anybody know which kernels are actually being used? Which have active > maintainers? Given the goal of a quick response to kernel > vulnerabilities, it seems clear that each kernel needs a redundancy of > two to three people who can update handle patches when the need arises. > (That doesn't mean we need 3*44 kernel devs; a high degree of > overlapping would be fine.) I am trying to slowly weed through all of these, and delete the ones that are no longer needed (I did 2 last week.) Note that a lot of these are either: - arch specific - patchset specific The arch specific ones should have maintainers, the arch maintainers. The patchset specific ones are (in my opinion) pretty much pointless. Sure, some people like them, but it seems like a strange way to track a -mm or -aa or -ck kernel using a ebuild. But that's just my opinion. Oh, remember, those patchset specific kernels usually never get the security updates that the "supported" kernels do (g-s and g-d-s). thanks, greg k-h -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list