Kernel 2.6.34

navaneethkn · 2010-06-04 01:38:55

Kernel 2.6.34 is released on 16th of last month. But Arch still has 2.6.33. When this will be upgraded?

Allan · 2010-06-04 01:44:21

Never. It will only be available to our paying customers.

ilkyest · 2010-06-04 01:44:27

when Arch's people see that this kernel is stable, secure, and with as minimal as possible issue.

cesura · 2010-06-04 01:52:13

Come on now navaneethkn, that would be yet another kernel for Allan to break

navaneethkn · 2010-06-04 02:05:29

Thank you for the replies. My intention was to understand how often kernel upgrades happen to Arch but I think my post was poorly worded. Sorry guys!

@Allan, nice joke.

flamelab · 2010-06-04 02:26:47

It needs testing, especially for the graphics' stuff (intel/ati/nouveau kms)

jowilkin · 2010-06-04 03:33:50

navaneethkn wrote:

Thank you for the replies. My intention was to understand how often kernel upgrades happen to Arch but I think my post was poorly worded. Sorry guys!
@Allan, nice joke.

Kernel updates occur quite often in comparison to most distros, but as it is such a core component of the OS, it does require some testing on a major version bump to make sure breakage is not going to be too bad for people. Minor version bumps usually occur extremely fast.

sand_man · 2010-06-04 04:54:11

jowilkin wrote:

navaneethkn wrote:
Thank you for the replies. My intention was to understand how often kernel upgrades happen to Arch but I think my post was poorly worded. Sorry guys!
@Allan, nice joke.
Kernel updates occur quite often in comparison to most distros, but as it is such a core component of the OS, it does require some testing on a major version bump to make sure breakage is not going to be too bad for people. Minor version bumps usually occur extremely fast.

Right, especially with the new xorg update along side it.

AndyRTR · 2010-06-04 05:27:33

we usually move new stable kernels not before the first minor stable update. so expect it to move to core when 2.6.34.1 is out and won't shwo new major issues.

Adamantium · 2010-06-04 05:37:33

navaneethkn wrote:

Kernel 2.6.34 is released on 16th of last month. But Arch still has 2.6.33. When this will be upgraded?

Woot?

$pacman -Q linux-api-headers
linux-api-headers 2.6.34-1

and pacman log says this was on May:

[2010-05-31 09:08] upgraded linux-api-headers (2.6.33.2-1 -> 2.6.34-1)

Edit:
Ah so this is not the kernel . Was used to something like linux-* on other distros

Last edited by Adamantium (2010-06-04 05:59:44)

tomk · 2010-06-04 05:55:40

What's your point? That's the userspace headers package, not the kernel.

Stebalien · 2010-06-04 06:42:50

You can use a third party kernel from aur (i.e. kernel26-ck).

sHyLoCk · 2010-06-04 08:49:23

Just enable [testing] in your pacman.conf

scio · 2010-06-04 12:22:41

sHyLoCk wrote:

Just enable [testing] in your pacman.conf

Not the best idea for a newbie, [testing] can cause problems if you don't know how to prepare for -Syu.

ngoonee · 2010-06-04 16:51:48

scio wrote:

sHyLoCk wrote:
Just enable [testing] in your pacman.conf
Not the best idea for a newbie, [testing] can cause problems if you don't know how to prepare for -Syu.

Depends. The worst that could happen is that he breaks his system, which would either:-
a) force him to learn enough about Arch/Linux/computers that he's no longer a newbie (GOOD)
or
b) cause him to give up on Arch as 'too difficult' and go to a more automated distro (GOOD).

=p I'm firmly in support of trial-by-fire

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