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Bug 534076 - =sys-kernel/linux-headers-3.14 stable request
Summary: =sys-kernel/linux-headers-3.14 stable request
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Keywording and Stabilization (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers
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Keywords: STABLEREQ
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Reported: 2014-12-31 08:56 UTC by Tomáš Mózes
Modified: 2015-05-24 06:57 UTC (History)
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Description Tomáš Mózes 2014-12-31 08:56:28 UTC
Kernel 3.14 is the latest longterm release, would be nice to also stabilize the headers to this release.
Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2014-12-31 09:09:10 UTC
3.16 is already stable (bug #528902).
Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2014-12-31 09:22:39 UTC
(In reply to Jeroen Roovers from comment #1)

what Jeroen said
Comment 3 Tomáš Mózes 2014-12-31 11:47:09 UTC
Why would I install headers 3.16 for kernel 3.14?
Comment 4 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2015-01-01 07:28:15 UTC
(In reply to Tomas Mozes from comment #3)

having a version of kernel headers newer than the actual kernel you're running shouldn't be a problem
Comment 5 Tomáš Mózes 2015-01-04 20:28:17 UTC
Don't take me wrong, but is there anythink blocking marking the longterm headers as stable? I think it's kind of strange to have linux-headers 3.9, 3.13. 3.16 stable (those kernels are EOL) along with stable gentoo-sources 3.10, 3.12, 3.14, 3.17 (that is actually correct as those are mostly the longterm releases). Yes, anyone can unmask 3.10, 3.12 or 3.14 linux-headers but shouldn't we rather encourage using the same stable packages (not mixing stable and unstable)? I know that using newer linux-headers should not cause problems, but why should anyone try and not use what's more probable to work (same headers, same kernel)? Besides, those headers have been in the tree for months.
Comment 6 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2015-05-24 06:57:45 UTC
(In reply to Tomas Mozes from comment #5)

headers are tracked independent of the kernel itself.  we often stabilize the headers ahead of the kernel.  versions older than the current stable are thus irrelevant.