On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 11:28:32AM -0500, D Canfield wrote: > D Canfield wrote: > > >Is there any chance we're going to see the SATA Suspend kernel patch > >included in FC5 (BZ 169201)? I don't understand what the holdup is > >from it getting into Linus's tree (he's asked someone to submit it to > >him), but every other major distro seems to be using it successfully > >and it seems like one of the test releases would be a good time to try > >it if there's concern about it's stability. Just wondering if anyone > >knew the status. > > > >Thanks > >DC > > > Following up, the thinkwiki suggests that this patch is now in the > kernel 2.6.16 development. So now the patch is "blessed." Maybe it can > wait for 2.6.16 to be rolled in, but my concern is now with timing. > Will kernel updates be rolled in all through FC development, or will > there be a stabilizing point at which the kernel needs to freeze (more > than just a week or two before release, I mean)? We considered stopping at .15 and letting things simmer for a few weeks to nail down any problems, but from initial impressions, .15 isn't particularly stable (especially in the VM dept), and there's a bunch of .16rc bits that we'll definitly want in FC5 (sky2, sata suspend, various other driver updates) so rebasing to .16rc after test2 isn't a painfully hard decision to make. We froze at .15 for test2 because the first few snapshots after a point release are usually way too bumpy, and then even out over time. For those who want to live on the razors edge, my page at http://people.redhat.com/davej/kernels/Fedora/devel should have the latest upstream snapshot based kernels that will go out to rawhide post-test2. > And more generally, will FC5 be as aggressive with updates (both kernel > and otherwise) as FC4, or was that a special circumstance due to the > long development window for FC5? Just curious. It'll continue to rebase to newer upstream point releases, as previous FC releases have. Dave -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
