* John Kacur <jkacur@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:33 PM, 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? ?What users > > eagerly replace their kernels? > > > > Us guys reading and participating on the list. ;) I'd like to second that - i'm actually quite happy to update the distro kernel. Also, i have rarely any problems even with bleeding edge kernels in rawhide - they are working pretty smoothly. A large xorg update showing up in yum update gives me the cringe though ;-) 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
