On 04/05/2018 11:02 AM, Flo H wrote: > Hi, > I am confused about the way the kernel packages land in Fedora, specifically Rawhide, and was wondering if someone could shed some light on this issue. > > Looking at [1], I see that the kernel in the updates repo is 4.17.rc. How is that possible? What is the source for 4.17? A build of linux-next? > (Looking at [2] we see that 4.16 has just been released this week.) So what is 4.17.rc? Yes, the source is called "linux-next" at the kernel.org website. Red Hat/Fedora is calling it "4.17.rc" at the moment. The last "stable" kernel from kernel.org is 4.16. Anything in rawhide should be considered as beta code. Kernel 4.17.rc (rc = "release candidate") has not been adopted for mainline distros yet (it's not been proven reliable...yet). It is available for testing in the beta environment that is Rawhide. That being said, there's nothing preventing you from running it in whatever environment you have--with the understanding that it may not be compatible with your existing platform or explode in your face as any beta code may. Eventually 4.17 will cease being a release candidate, be fully baked, reliable (or as reliable as any code) and ready for mainline use. It may never hit the standard repos for existing distros as it may require repackaging in some way or have some backward incompatibilities that would block its use for, say F27 but not block adoption in F28. My guess is that it will make it to F27, but there's always the possibility it may not. Unlike that "OSTSNBN" (operating system that shall not be named), it's your computer. Do what you will, but just be ready for unexpected consequences. > Please let me know if I am asking on the wrong mailing list. Should I rather bother the packagers in the kernel list? Uhm, I wouldn't bother the kernel developers. You could poke the gang at test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for further info, since rawhide and such are under their auspices and they gather up the test results, karma ratings and such that eventually "bless" a kernel's release on Fedora mainline. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - "If you can't fix it...duct tape it!" -- Tim Allen - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
