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| author |   Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2023-12-09 22:08:06 +0000 |
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| committer | Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2023-12-14 07:22:04 +0000 |
| commit | b47fac519605a1c46a473c57c9931268f1704da8 (patch) | |
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| parent | dev-db/mariadb: switch to dev-perl/DBD-MariaDB (diff) | |
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profiles: mask kernels no longer receiving genpatches
Gentoo's kernel maintainers have decided to discontinue gentoo-sources and
gentoo-kernel for old kernel LTS branches because of the resources to require
testing and patching them, combined with changing kernel lifecycles.
The new policy is to support kernels with genpatches for 3 years after their
release.
Specifically, 4.14/4.19/5.4 have been dropped. See https://www.mpagano.com/blog/?p=315
and http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2018/08/24/what-stable-kernel-should-i-use/.
sys-kernel/vanilla-sources will continue to be provided for all branches
until they reach formal upstream EOL.
Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/34203
Reviewed-by: Mike Pagano <mpagano@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask index 5a115adf3fcf..c758ca083af7 100644 --- a/profiles/package.mask +++ b/profiles/package.mask @@ -33,6 +33,24 @@ #--- END OF EXAMPLES --- +# Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> (2023-12-14) +# Gentoo's kernel maintainers have decided to discontinue gentoo-sources and +# gentoo-kernel for old kernel LTS branches because of the resources to require +# testing and patching them, combined with changing kernel lifecycles. +# +# The new policy is to support kernels with genpatches for 3 years after their +# release. +# +# Specifically, 4.14/4.19/5.4 have been dropped. See https://www.mpagano.com/blog/?p=315 +# and http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2018/08/24/what-stable-kernel-should-i-use/. +# +# sys-kernel/vanilla-sources will continue to be provided for all branches +# until they reach formal upstream EOL. +# +<sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.10 +<sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-5.10 +<virtual/dist-kernel-5.10 + # Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (2023-12-12) # Merged into dev-python/blake3[-rust]. Please use that instead. # Removal on 2024-01-11. Bug #919771. |