From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0E607158020 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2022 20:02:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 70CB0E0907; Sat, 12 Nov 2022 20:02:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.io (ciao.gmane.io [116.202.254.214]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2BAE4E08E5 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2022 20:02:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1otwiJ-0009xq-Nq for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2022 21:02:51 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Nikos Chantziaras Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 22:02:46 +0200 Message-ID: References: <3418bb3d-f939-6606-7e19-5e883c198208@gmail.com> <663dc8a8-7dc2-3361-f524-3ba464fcac3b@gmail.com> <301cc78f-d97c-b965-73fd-5a8a60b09c3a@youngman.org.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.4.2 Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <301cc78f-d97c-b965-73fd-5a8a60b09c3a@youngman.org.uk> X-Archives-Salt: 8d4311db-f98a-4dfc-b341-e9596aa69ee0 X-Archives-Hash: 6c45aaf704dd0e1fcfd76c15a4bb307a On 12/11/2022 21:13, Wol wrote: > On 12/11/2022 18:22, Dale wrote: >> Where does one go for a list of the LTS kernels?  Since I reboot so >> rarely, what not use one of them??  Of course, the kernel I have in use >> now has long uptimes so it is sort of LTS for this rig anyway. > > Do you REALLY want an LTS kernel? Sounds like you don't. You need to > update them just as much as any other kernel. > > The point of an LTS kernel is it supposed to NOT receive feature > updates, just bug fixes. Given that Artificial Stupidity bots regularly > try to apply updates to stable kernels, is it worth restricting yourself >  to old kernels? Especially when it's not unknown for a bot to try to > backport a patch from kernel X+2, when it depends on a patch from X+1 > that hasn't been backported, and anybody using that code finds their > "stable" kernel blowing up in their face. > > The idea behind stable kernels is great. The implementation leaves a lot > to be desired and, as always, the reason is not enough manpower. wat