Re: [kernel.org users] XZ Migration discussion

[Phillip Lougher]

Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:39:51 +0000, Phillip Lougher wrote:
> > Jean Delvare wrote:
> > > Prove it. Many people out there are still working on older trees. I am
> > > working on 2.6.5 and 2.6.16 kernels on a weekly basis. If ketchup or
> > > other tools break for these trees only and not more recent ones, that
> > > won't help me at all, I will still have to update them.
> > Why are you still working on 2.6.5 and 2.6.16 kernels on a weekly
> > basis?
>
> Because I am doing support for enterprise customers who are using
> distributions based on these kernel versions. These are SLE 9 and SLE
> 10, to name them, but RHEL supporters are in the same situation. And
> I've heard embedded developers report many times that they had to stick
> to older 2.6.x kernels too for various reasons. Not everyone is using a
> recent 2.6.x kernel, which makes it hard to draw a line between what
> should be considered old ones and what should be considered new ones.

Embedded and enterprise distro users are usually stuck on ancient kernels that
were downloaded from kernel.org and patched *years ago*.  The reason they're
stuck on them is due to local modifications, and so they're not going to be
downloading ancient vanilla kernels from kernel.org now.

Phillip

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