2.6.24 kernel released...for F7, F8 and F9?

[Jim Cornette]

Andrew Farris wrote:
> 
> You know, there is nothing holding you back from not updating kernels, 
> even if .24 versions are backported and pushed out for f7/f8.  The 
> kernels that have been built before it are available, and should 
> continue to be until EOL (well, forever actually if you just keep a copy 
> for yourself).
> 

Right now I let yum keep just the two kernel entries and hopefully am 
not running the fc9 version while running yum. I periodically grab the 
latest version of a Fedora 8 version of the kernel to ensure relative 
advancements and security patches are applied. If the version was 
upgraded to .24 instead of maintaining the currently available .23 
version I would loose out on bug fixes and security fixes unless I 
personally back ported the fixes. Also there is nothing preventing 
someone from running an f9 kernel on an earlier version operating 
system. I realize nash and mkinitrd might need upgraded also for proper 
kernel installation.
It doesn't make sense to me to hold off on application improvements and 
only want newer based kernels. I see that these type of individuals 
exist so I'll live with the different philosophical differences in 
approach to kernel and applications.

Jim