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> That's a 24 hour latency on a release The last unmasked release is 4.4.8-r1 which is six months behind.
by nullc 10y ago
> That's a 24 hour latency on a release
The last unmasked release is 4.4.8-r1 which is six months behind.
- contingencies 10y agoMasking in Gentoo is a way to say "we don't know for sure it's stable" not "don't use it". You are misinterpreting and the supposed evidence for your point is invalid. (Edit in reply to below: That basically just means 'we dont want to babysit people can't compile a kernel or recover an unbootable machine'. It has nothing to do with the currency or utility of PaX or Gentoo. You obviously do not have experience in this area.)
- grubles 10y agoThe Gentoo wiki basically says to stay away from testing if you don't know what you're doing: "Users that do not know how Gentoo works and how to solve problems, we recommend to stick with the stable and tested branch." https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Portage/Branches#Testing https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Portage/Branches#T...
- grubles 10y agoWhat's the phrase? "If you assume, you make an ass out of you and me"? In reply (because of reply functionality, instead of stealthy edits), you should know I run an unmasked ck-sources kernel because rice (and BFS/BFQ). If you really want an unstable Gentoo install, go with the x32 profile.