[Building Sakai] 2.8.x kernel version

[Adrian Fish]

The advantage is that whenever you take a 2.8.x update, you can have 
faith in its stability. Snapshots are developmental snapshots and by 
implication potentially buggy.

Cheers,
Adrian.

On 16/08/2011 13:34, Bryan Holladay wrote:
> Is there an advantage of having a maintenance branch depend on a 
> stable kernel?  There's obviously a disadvantage.
>
> -Bryan
>
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Steve Swinsburg 
> <steve.swinsburg at gmail.com <mailto:steve.swinsburg at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Yup, the issue arises when a fix goes in to the kernel, which a
>     tool then depends on. Previously the kernel being deployed with
>     the branch was a stable release, but things then got out of sync
>     as the tools in the branch had the fix but the deployed kernel did
>     not. Hence the snapshot.
>
>     cheers,
>     Steve
>
>
>     On 16/08/2011, at 1:25 AM, David Horwitz wrote:
>
>     > There's been a bit of instability as we head towards the 2.8.1 tag -
>     > hence the branch binding to snapshot (seing the branch is itself a
>     > snapshot this is not wholly unexpected).  There should be a kernel
>     > release shortly at which point the branch will merge to that
>     >
>     > D
>     >
>     > On 08/15/2011 05:22 PM, Adrian Fish wrote:
>     >> I've just updated my 2.8.x source and it's pulling the
>     1.2.5-SNAPSHOT
>     >> kernel.
>     >>
>     >> Is that right? Should the stable 2.8.x be pulling a
>     developmental kernel?
>     >>
>     >> Cheers,
>     >>
>     >> Adrian.
>     >>
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