[arch-general] introducing kernel26-lts

David Rosenstrauch darose at darose.net
Tue Aug 25 20:16:40 UTC 2009


On 08/25/2009 09:34 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> On Monday 24 August 2009 06:34:32 pm Andreas Radke wrote:
>> Today I've added a 2nd kernel to our svn called "kernel26-lts". It 
>> should help to make you less caring about kernel updates. The
>> intention is to
>> 
>> 1) have a 2nd choice for the kernel pkg that suits better in 
>> certain situations and
>> 
>> 2) it can be a fallback when a reboot after updating the core 
>> "kernel26" fails
>> 
> 
> Andreas,
> 
> THANK YOU. That is an excellent addition. It's rare, but there are
> occasions every year or two where a new kernel kills needed
> functionality by some unintended new feature. This will be a great
> addition to arch.

+1 - very useful!  Great work, Andreas!

DR


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