[Building Sakai] 2.8.x kernel version

[David Horwitz]

Well the whole branch is a SNAPSHOT and by definition not stable - the 
tag is. While we're conservative about what goes into branches they do 
change ...

D

On 08/16/2011 03:11 PM, Adrian Fish wrote:
> 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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