10 Jan
2017
10 Jan
'17
4:55 p.m.
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 1:53 PM, Carsten Mattner via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:
FYI, 4.8 has been EOL'd, leaving 4.4-lts, 4.1-lts as options for arch "default" kernel until 4.10 is released if we assume that there's a critical fix in the stable patch queue.
My criticism of the stable patch queue is that they mix fixes with actual feature patches, making it more risky and not upholding a important fixes only policy.
Looks like there are some patches to try and are being tested for kernel 4.9 - see https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191121 -- mike c