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From: Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-kernel@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-kernel] Re: Which Kernel?
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:45:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130226184559.7e55b798@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <512C5DE0.4000407@de-leeuw.org>

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On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:01:52 +0100
Thierry <thierry@de-leeuw.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I do not understand why linux-headers package is behind the kernel 
> release (at the time of writing, the latest unstable is 3.7, while
> 3.8 is out for some time. Is it manage by another team? Should it be
> managed by the kernel team to ensure that releases are in line?
> 

 $ equery m sys-kernel/linux-headers
 * sys-kernel/linux-headers [gentoo]
Herd:        toolchain (toolchain@gentoo.org)

Indeed, a different herd maintains it. But that isn't necessarily the
cause of the delay, you also have to take the stabilization process
into account.


With kind regards,

Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
Gentoo Developer

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-02-26 17:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-02-25  6:05 [gentoo-kernel] Which Kernel? Gino!
2013-02-25 11:51 ` Tom Wijsman
2013-02-25 17:35   ` Peter Gantner (nephros)
2013-02-26 10:28     ` Marc Schiffbauer
2013-02-26 17:37       ` Peter Gantner (nephros)
2013-02-26 18:13         ` Tom Wijsman
2013-02-27 12:07           ` Marc Schiffbauer
2013-02-27 12:49             ` Tom Wijsman
2013-02-27 15:39               ` Marc Schiffbauer
2013-02-27 16:24                 ` Tom Wijsman
2013-02-28 13:26                   ` Marc Schiffbauer
2013-02-25 17:43   ` [gentoo-kernel] " Gino!
2013-02-25 14:26 ` [gentoo-kernel] " Greg KH
2013-02-25 17:27   ` [gentoo-kernel] " Gino!
2013-02-25 18:00     ` Tom Wijsman
2013-02-26  7:01       ` Thierry
2013-02-26 14:27         ` Greg KH
2013-02-26 17:45         ` Tom Wijsman [this message]
2013-02-26 19:10       ` Gino!

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