F8 kernel-2.6.24.3-12.fc8

[Andrew Farris]

David Boles wrote:
> Is this current kernel problem acceptable? Of course not. But this is
> Rawhide isn't it?

You are aware this was an F8 kernel in question, and not rawhide, right?  I'm 
100% in favor of breakage occurring to rawhide systems, and I've been using 
rawhide and testing for years, but more caution is required for the releases.

That said, I still think if the kernel fixed significant bugs, and just causes 
some users to 'be forced' to boot from a prior kernel.. thats a fairly minor 
issue whether it was a regression or not.  I would argue that learning what a 
grub menu is, and how to boot a prior kernel if something breaks, is a barrier 
to entry for a Linux user and should be considered as such.

I would never dream of installing linux on a person's computer and NOT telling 
them what that boot menu is doing.

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