On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 12:22:48AM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 05:19:54PM -0600, Michal Jaegermann wrote: > > > I do not see any real difference in kernels to be used with various > > 7.x releases (yes, this includes also 7.1 and 7.0). With 8.0 it > > could be a question of an ntpl support but likely not even that. > > The 7.x releases are exactly what would be released for 7.2 and 8.0. > The same kernels /were/ used for the last erratum. Jesse has made a > policy decision not to claim that we support those releases, and we > should respect that. AFAIK *no* QA has been done on those kernels on > those platforms, and it would be foolish to release on that basis! > > The arguments for dropping support are still valid even if there are > supposed working packages. Just as a datapoint, RH 8.0 kernels based on legacy with added v4l2, xfs, lm_sensors etc. are in use by the mythtv community. There are still quite a few people happily running their PVR and don't want to upgrade the distro. That's of course no QA, but the kernels do run quite well on RH8.0 :) -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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