Subj : Re: slackware is behind gentoo now on kernels :)
To   : Alexey Vissarionov
From : Dan Clough
Date : Sun Feb 16 2020 14:07:00

-=> Alexey Vissarionov wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 BP>> just funny

 DC> What does that even mean? "Behind now on kernels"?

 AV> Most likely that means just "Gentoo already does have the actual
 AV> 5.5.4 kernel, while Slackware does not (yet)".

Ahhh, OK.  Didn't realize it was a race.

 AV> I don't really care: once `git fetch` would get a new stable tag,
 AV> I'd have the fresh x86_64 kernel in 15 minutes, and arm64 in a
 AV> hour. The check is performed twice in a hour.

I used to worry about always having the latest kernel, but I 
certainly don't anymore.  Running Slackware64 14.2, fully updated 
except for the kernel.  Constantly updating that breaks too many 
things that I don't want to bother fixing.



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