Shameless request for 3.2.50 LTS

linuxfool76 · 2013-08-16 05:59:35

I'd like to put in a 'request' for LTS to be bumped to 3.2.50 to be able to take advantage of it's stability and also some of the Centrino drivers. Namely the 2230 driver which seems to have been added in 3.2.

(reference: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi)

With the current issues upstream on 3.10 - I'm having problems with my Lenovo Y500 and both the nvidia driver as well as nouveau. See - shameless ;-)

I'd be willing to help test, or help with anything needed.

Cheers!

HalosGhost · 2013-08-16 06:04:16

This is almost certainly not going to happen. 3.10 will be the next LTS kernel, and when 3.11 moves to stable repos, the linux-lts package will be bumped to 3.10. Having said that, the concept of an LTS kernel on a rolling-release distro just seems wrong to me.

All the best,

-HG

linuxfool76 · 2013-08-16 13:03:47

Halos,

Do you know where/if the 'release schedule' for the LTS kernel is documented? I've seen other posts that indicate it's community driven - hence my plug and offer to assist.

I would think we would not want the LTS kernel to go from 3.0 directly to 3.10. I also can't recall when the LTS kernel was ever that 'near' to the 'stable' release (3.10 for lts, 3.11 for stable) - and I've been an Arch user for a very very long time.

The LTS kernel is very handy for those of us that require more stability with respect to kernel modules and hardware support and don't have the extra time to chase down patches for nvidia, vmware, etc when a new kernel is released.

I suppose I can also create my own repo with the 3.2 kernel, etc... It really comes down to time (or lack thereof) for me to be able to maintain it.

Take care,
ns