[Mageia-dev] kernel 3.0 is a big mistake in cauldron

Sat Jul 16 20:45:26 CEST 2011

On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Radu-Cristian FOTESCU
+<beranger5ca at yahoo.ca> wrote:
+>
+>
+>> WTF? We do this quite regularly... the rc's have been pushed in cooker
+>> and I'm pretty sure cauldron in the past. The fact that this is 3.x.x
+>> rather 2.6.38 is pretty much a whim of numbering and nothing
+>> specifically relating to anything "significant" or similar.
+>>
+>> And who cares if -latest is updated. Your old kernel is not removed and
+>> TMB gave you forewarning about it.
+>>
+>> This is really one of the lamest complaints ever!!!
+>
+> Notwithstanding that this is cauldron, not stable, it is _not_ like an update from
+> 2.6.38.8-desktop-2
+> to
+> 2.6.38.8-desktop-5
+>
+> This is a _major_ kernel update, even if 3.0.0-rc7 is actually 2.6.40-rc7.
+>
+> As a matter of fact, while 2.6.38.8 was a _very_ stable kernel, this one is _not_,
+>
+> The latest _stable_ kernel is 2.6.39.3, not this bloody  2.6.40-rc7, aka 3.0.0-rc7.
+>
+> And I don't remember of any "forewarning".
+>
+> Also, even in Cauldron, shouldn't it have stayed for more time in testing?
+>
+> Finally, when you upgrade a regular package (say, LibreOffice, which was recently updated) to a new version, it is extremely unlikely that you would update it to a Beta/RC one, even in Cauldron. Then why your standards are _lower_ when comes to the kernel -- the most important component of all?!?!?
+
+what is with LO ?
+