On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 07:20:35AM -0500, Ruben Safir wrote: > On 03/05/2018 06:29 AM, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: > > And why should "we" (whoever that is) fix the problems of others? > > > > The upstream can't do anything directly if the downstream simply > > refuses to update (if there are fixes to real threats) and/or reboot > > (if it's the kernel). > > > So any system where you need to, or want to install it and forget about > it for a long period of time, the Linux kernel can not be considered a > choice for that usage because it needs contact oversite and upgrades. No kernel can be considered for such a choice, this is not unique to Linux or any other operating system, sorry. good luck! _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies