[elrepo-devel] Kernel-lt for EL6 and EL7

[Manuel Wolfshant]

On 24 septembrie 2015 21:04:02 EEST, Akemi Yagi <toracat at elrepo.org> wrote:
>Hi ELRepo users/contributors,
>
>There are two points we'd like to discuss with you regarding the
>kernel-lt package.
>
>(1) Fairly soon, the linux-3.10.X branch will reach EOL. We need to
>decide what we will do with the kernel-lt package for EL6. Chances
>are, we will choose a new branch with a sufficiently long support
>time-frame and transition to it. The most likely candidate will be
>linux-3.18 (EOL: Jan 2017).
>
Looks like the sanest approach but we must test compatibility with the usual suspects, starting with iptables.

>(2) Since the release of EL7, we have been providing a kernel-ml
>package but not kernel-lt. Should we now consider the provision of a
>kernel-lt package for EL7? Perhaps it is still too early and we should
>come back and ask in a future?
>
 I feel it's way too early for a kernel-lt ,  especially as RH will continue to backport / enhance its kernel for at least 12 -18 monhs. Did anyone already ask for features not available (even as additional kmods) in the kernel included by the distro but not justifying to switch to kernel-ml ?

>What do you think?
>
>Akemi
>The ELRepo Team.


Wolfy (who doesn't need any more to use kernel-lt)