From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-kernel+bounces-889-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 781051381F3 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 04:14:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 93571E093A; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 04:14:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0031BE08ED for <gentoo-kernel@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 04:14:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.45]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EE59210A0 for <gentoo-kernel@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:14:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.160]) by compute5.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:14:41 -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=khqiIEc/ZH88H8C7ZMZdFgbq/hA=; b=bxCs2WIu4trTxAAB9UNigAvFa0th 5PE6eiR1xploUSSlh3GCv/OwWMyG7EJqLCGkf95B3xZ9pj+cHPzZMtuFtCXYF8+y HanyVWvE2xiJlqVomKQdIr7cHkEoBuTYORxYeV85j0AGXBic+nT+fGjs0jEAhFI7 T0YKUnyQWvNmb3E= X-Sasl-enc: 7sMK84EdIDXAfT0xUcUJJFbpfgGcHZxuaFoD3mP2AqB9 1372306481 Received: from localhost (unknown [76.28.172.123]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 07C03C00E82; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:14:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:15:25 -0700 From: Greg KH <gregkh@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-kernel@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-kernel] vanilla-kernel sources should not be marked stable for obsolete versions Message-ID: <20130627041525.GA19047@kroah.com> References: <20130621145801.GA5202@kroah.com> <20130622020259.7a411a7a@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <20130622001303.GA2278@kroah.com> <20130622024516.3a51911e@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <20130622034243.GA2058@kroah.com> <20130622084525.2d1fa03f@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <20130624162710.GA16499@kroah.com> <51C909DB.2000802@gmail.com> <CAM3ZnqpkLM7vLi85tYymKrkGSSk6JoOFMnHUvF7nNgVURNVUaQ@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-kernel@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-kernel+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-kernel+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-kernel+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-kernel.gentoo.org> 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: <CAM3ZnqpkLM7vLi85tYymKrkGSSk6JoOFMnHUvF7nNgVURNVUaQ@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 88114a5f-7aaf-4faa-ba69-1b87a0348beb X-Archives-Hash: de15f012bea2caa071ed1c751e08c8e4 On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 02:18:12AM -0400, Douglas Dunn wrote: > A users perspective about vanilla-kernel, but why not just mirror whats > available on kernel.org. keep it simple with the versions they offer there, > with their longterm stable and slowly remove their EOL, maybe give a warning > there till its gone from kernel and then make it gone from the tree. That's exactly what I am proposing, but keeping everything marked "unstable" as there's no time to mark them stable before the next release comes out with fixes that should be applied. thanks, greg k-h