[...] RHEL 5 is still on 2.6.18, for example. UsersNope - RHEL 5 is on a 2.6.18 base for entirely different reasons.
don't like their kernels updated unless absolutely necessary, with
good reason.
Kernel updates = reboots.If you check the update frequency of RHEL 5 kernels you'll see that it's
comparable to that of Fedora.
Happy choice or not, this is what i said is the distro practice these days. (i- Qemu on the other hand is not upgraded with (nearly) that level of urgency.F12 recently updated to 2.6.32. This is probably due to 2.6.31.stable
Completely new versions will generally have to wait for the next distro
release.
dropping away, and no capacity at Fedora to maintain it on their own. So
they are caught in a bind - stay on 2.6.31 and expose users to security
vulnerabilities or move to 2.6.32 and cause regressions. Not a happy
choice.
dont know all the distros that well so i'm sure there's differences)
I don't mind at all if rawhide users run on the latest and greatest, butWhat are you suggesting, that released versions of KVM are not reliable? Of
release users deserve a little more stability.
course any tools/ bits are release engineered just as much as the rest of KVM
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