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[Axel Thimm]

On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 12:22:48AM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 05:19:54PM -0600, Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> 
> > I do not see any real difference in kernels to be used with various
> > 7.x releases (yes, this includes also 7.1 and 7.0).  With 8.0 it
> > could be a question of an ntpl support but likely not even that. 
> 
> The 7.x releases are exactly what would be released for 7.2 and 8.0.
> The same kernels /were/ used for the last erratum. Jesse has made a
> policy decision not to claim that we support those releases, and we
> should respect that. AFAIK *no* QA has been done on those kernels on
> those platforms, and it would be foolish to release on that basis!
> 
> The arguments for dropping support are still valid even if there are
> supposed working packages.

Just as a datapoint, RH 8.0 kernels based on legacy with added v4l2,
xfs, lm_sensors etc. are in use by the mythtv community. There are
still quite a few people happily running their PVR and don't want to
upgrade the distro.

That's of course no QA, but the kernels do run quite well on RH8.0 :)
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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