From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA45A1381F3 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:49:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5FA64E0A7D; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:49:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CD791E0A76 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:49:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.43]) by gateway2.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EBD4209DE for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:49:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.161]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:49:36 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=smtpout; bh=XsnvahQR9x8RGQ8XOb0294v/o9A=; b=ZLFKGGVFI0U5xjlGNoULYpdJUR3o q5glShnZpT/b2kIHlmRrm7YvRgaNrLuHfClFnfWllvJc0W0xbtcJXLFk0YKjuNqz Tz02PQKSYUs+fOlt6Zy45Pa0EFXqvdPna8mnGmz3DkutDy8ExKwA4RuoPYtjKPuR vlrBbFoIffnAjYc= X-Sasl-enc: a5t+MbbQa7D0yGcup7AlJ988Rk7PBlmNyRPqR7CFe6XG 1371833376 Received: from localhost (unknown [76.28.172.123]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 0E727680454; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:49:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:49:35 -0700 From: Greg KH To: gentoo-kernel@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-kernel] vanilla-kernel sources should not be marked stable for obsolete versions Message-ID: <20130621164935.GB32006@kroah.com> References: <20130621145801.GA5202@kroah.com> <20130621153056.GA2192@woodpecker.gentoo.org> <51C47558.1040004@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-kernel@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-kernel@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51C47558.1040004@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 43d9b82f-3f05-40b3-9427-26738323b496 X-Archives-Hash: e6df1d25084bb664130a00b144a425dd On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 11:46:32AM -0400, Anthony G. Basile wrote: > On 06/21/2013 11:30 AM, Mike Pagano wrote: > >This should be written down and if it's not that's probably on me as I > >am the only kernel person (i think) that was involved in the decision > >and is still around. > > Nope, I was there. It was the IA32 on amd64 syscall local root > exploit that got us "blogged" about ... remember that :) > > Anyhow, no brainer here. The kernel is not like the other software > we stabilize. Somewhere in its configuration space and in the > hardware space in which it will be run, there are bugs. Minor > version bumps to address security issues followed by auto > stabilization are the correct thing to do. So that means every single stable release should be marked stable then, right? thanks, greg k-h