2013-02-25 quidam/quĉdam/quoddam 'Tom Wijsman' inquit:

> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:05:01 -0500
> "Gino!" <ginolovesyou@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So, it seems like gentoo-sources loves EOL kernels..
>
> Well, if they EOL both 3.5 and 3.6 there isn't much we can do
> about that. Although, since we're now with at least two we try to
> provide everything in 3.x. So the only thing we don't do for the moment
> is the 2.x kernels, there is one in the vanilla sources if needed.
>
>
>> so I'm staying at 3.6.11... although I would feel allot more
>> comfortable with something like 3.4.33!! but its at 3.4.9...

Personally for those machines I have decided to keep super stable (in 
terms of updating software, at least as far as that is reasonably 
possible with Gentoo) I have had good results with choosing whatever 
Greg KH dubs his Long Term kernel (currenlty 3.4) and then simply 
package.keyword that whole series:

=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.0* # GKH stable
=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.1* -*
=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.2* -*
=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.3* -*
=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.5* -* # EOL
=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.4* # GKH stable
=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.6* -* # EOL
=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.7* -* # not supported by NVidia 310.xx

I don't mind keywording the minor-minor release from Gentoo, I find it 
unlikely much will break in such a release.

Much less in any case than jumping up two minor releases for example.


HTH
   Peter

-- 
Gentoo is like IKEA -- only stable.
                                                 İ P. Gantner 2003-2013