* Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> writes: > > > [...] > > Distributions are very eager to update kernels even in stable periods of the > > distro lifetime - they are much less willing to update user-space packages. > > [...] > > Sorry, er, what? What distributions eagerly upgrade kernels in stable > periods, were it not primarily motivated by security fixes? [...] Please check the popular distro called 'Fedora' for example, and its kernel upgrade policies. > [...] What users eagerly replace their kernels? Those 99% who click on the 'install 193 updates' popup. Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html