11.4 Evergreen kernel 3.0.x update candidate

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#1

quoted from a post to the Evergreen ML earlier today:

Hi,

we have a kernel update patch candidate ready
which updates the kernel for 11.4 to 3.0.x to make long term support
possible for us.
It’s already built and available in this repository (since we do not
have a general test update repository yet):
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Evergreen:/Maintenance:/10/openSUSE_Evergreen_11.4/

Before release I would feel a bit more confident if some more people
would test the update and check if it works for them.

Thanks,
Wolfgang

so far the new works ok here…
report problems to the mail list…

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#2

Thanks for posting it. I’m in the process of switching an 11.4 system to Evergreen (not tried before here), and probably going with Gnome2 for that. My impression so far is that Evergreen is really extended support rather than a conventional LTS system aimed at enterprises.

A major kernel version change might seem risky for a normal LTS commitment, but in Evergreen’s case, now is the best time to do it not only for security patching and recommended maintenance, but also for newer device support in the later kernel.

#3

On 2012-11-12 15:26, consused wrote:
>
> Thanks for posting it. I’m in the process of switching an 11.4 system to
> Evergreen (not tried before here), and probably going with Gnome2 for
> that. My impression so far is that Evergreen is really extended support
> rather than a conventional LTS system aimed at enterprises.
>
> A major kernel version change might seem risky for a normal LTS
> commitment, but in Evergreen’s case, now is the best time to do it not
> only for security patching and recommended maintenance, but also for
> newer device support in the later kernel.

They do it, IIRC, because they tag along after the SLES maintenance
patches, and that way it is less work than if they had to backport all
patches on their own to a lower kernel.

They are very few people doing EG.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))

#4

Considering that, it makes sense to avoid backporting. Also IIRC, Tumbleweed [based on 11.4] updated to version 3 kernel, and was finally ahead of the released 12.1’s kernel (at 3.1.x?). I’m sure the 3.0.x got some good testing on TW-11.4.