[Building Sakai] 2.8.x kernel version

[Adrian Fish]

I've never managed to catch a SNAPSHOT kernel in a 2.8.x update before, 
hence my asking. The perceived stability of the .x branches comes from 
the fact that bug fixes are supposed to be the only things that go in. 
That used to be the case anyway.

I feel like I'm being pedantic now; that isn't my intention.

Cheers,
Adrian.

On 16/08/2011 14:15, David Horwitz wrote:
> 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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