Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:31:31 +0300 | From | Ville Herva <> | Subject | Re: New dev model (was [PATCH] delete devfs) |
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On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 07:22:10PM -0700, you [Tim Wright] wrote: > > > > How do such end users get security updates? > > From the middleman. That's no different to users of any distros today. > The distros apply security fixes and make updated kernels available on a > regular basis.
One idea might be to fork off "stable" 2.6.x.y (2.6.15.1 for example) branches every now and them. Analogous to vendor kernels, but maintained by someone@kernel.org. Compared to the 2.6.x.0 in question, these would only get security fixes and important bug fixes. The maintainer would need to pick a suitable (stable) 2.6.x.0 as basis every once in an appropriate while.
I don't know if that's feasible. Just an idea.
Anyway, as (one kind of) end user, I do welcome the new development model. I'll get the newest features in manageable manner, and if I don't fancy that I can resort to vendor (Fedora) kernels.
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