On 04/15/2011 10:08 AM, Phil Meyer wrote: > On 04/15/2011 10:24 AM, Linuxguy123 wrote: >> $ uname -a >> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.35.11-83.fc14.i686.PAE #1 SMP Mon Feb 7 >> 06:57:55 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux >> >> Am I missing something or is this the latest F14 kernel available ? >> When are we going to see some newer kernels ? >> >> Thanks >> >> LG >> >> > Fedora releases usually don't update major kernel numbers. The idea is > to start a release as near current as reasonable and then patch that up > as it goes go along. > > Sometimes there are kernel issues that are addressed in a major revision > that cannot be back ported, and it has happened that a Fedora release > gets new major revisions early on. > > Considering the frequency of Fedora releases, you can understand that at > some point after release the kernel major number becomes 'fixed' in > order to allow the next release to pick up the latest version. > > Fedora 15 is currently at: 2.6.38.2-9.fc15.x86_64 > > Depending upon several things, it may be possible to see a 2.6.39 > release in F15, but probably no higher than that. > > Does this make sense? > > Its a whole lot of work to get all of the Fedora/RH patches lined up for > any given 2.6.XX release. > > It is much more manageable to go into maintenance mode after a major > Fedora release, and limit kernel patches to security and performance > enhancements. This also helps clarify what kinds of things should go > upstream. > > I would bet very strongly against a> 2.6.35 kernel for Fedora 14 at > this point. > > Good Luck! What you say sounds correct, from experience. But minor releases happen rather quickly. Last March I downloaded 1 major release and 2 minor releases. Now, there is a 3rd minor release: linux-2.6.38.tar.bz2 72988 KB 03/15/2011 01:40:00 AM linux-2.6.38.1.tar.bz2 73038 KB 03/23/2011 08:30:00 PM linux-2.6.38.2.tar.bz2 73037 KB 03/27/2011 10:51:00 PM linux-2.6.38.3.tar.bz2 73044 KB 04/14/2011 08:23:00 PM The 3 previous major releases: linux-2.6.35.tar.bz2 67682 KB 08/01/2010 12:00:00 AM linux-2.6.36.tar.bz2 68630 KB 10/20/2010 09:15:00 PM linux-2.6.37.tar.bz2 71854 KB 01/05/2011 01:06:00 AM So, major releases appear to be made once every 2 to 3 months, depending on many factors that the developers have to deal with. This is a very fast track for major releases!! But perhaps each distro will go through it's own cycle of patching and porting of features it deems important. Source: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
