2.6.23 kernel

[John Wendel]

Scott Henson wrote:
> Res wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Rohan Kulkarni wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>         I saw on www.kernel.org that the 2.6.23 kernel has been released
>>> but yum update kernel does not update the kernel to that version.When
>>> will
>>> it be available for Fedora?
>> Much safer to remove the fedora ones and only use the kernel.org
>> sources, roll your own, your kernel install will shrink 10 fold and IMHO
>> performs better as its compiled against your setup.
>>
>>
> 
> I thought the entire reason there is no 2.7 kernel is that the
> kernel.org people are doing active development on the 2.6 line and that
> makes kernel.org kernels a little unstable.  This applies even more so
> to freshly released kernels.  I would wait at least for 2.6.23.2 and
> even better consider recompiling the current Fedora kernel as it has
> many improvements and bug fixes.  IMO, the bleeding edge isn't very fun.
> 


Don't be a wimp!  Seriously, if you've got some spare time and a 
non-critical box, you should build 2.6.23, beat it up, and file bug 
reports. It's the way we non-kernel-developers can contribute.

Regards,

John