From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp0 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id YKSeNE4le18YKQAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Mon, 05 Oct 2020 13:53:18 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp0 with LMTPS id GBNoME4le1+uLQAA1q6Kng (envelope-from ) for ; Mon, 05 Oct 2020 13:53:18 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7F6AD9401DC for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2020 13:53:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:47078 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kPQvV-0004VE-EP for larch@yhetil.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2020 09:53:17 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53254) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kPQvM-0004Tg-3r for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2020 09:53:08 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:59058) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kPQvL-0008Mp-Pl; Mon, 05 Oct 2020 09:53:07 -0400 Received: from [2001:660:6102:320:e120:2c8f:8909:cdfe] (port=35328 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kPQvL-0001YO-7k; Mon, 05 Oct 2020 09:53:07 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: linux-libre updates, timeliness References: <20200930224538.GA20730@jasmine.lan> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 14 =?utf-8?Q?Vend=C3=A9miaire?= an 229 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2020 15:53:05 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20200930224538.GA20730@jasmine.lan> (Leo Famulari's message of "Wed, 30 Sep 2020 18:45:38 -0400") Message-ID: <87imboye2m.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.51 X-TUID: MA1zn6GwfH42 Hi Leo, Leo Famulari skribis: > I just pushed commit 51eb3e11 [0], bringing our linux-libre kernel > packages up to date. > > It's September 30 here. The commit is dated September 28, because that's > when I made it. These kernels were released upstream on September 26.=20 Of course we can always do better, but I think 4 days is reasonable. > Personally, I am okay with the risks implied by this kind of timeframe, > but as a distro we should try to do these updates more quickly. Ideally, > they should be updated as soon as the sources are available and the > packager has tested the changes. I am committed to helping maintain the > linux-libre packages, but I won't always update our packages right away. > > Everyone can contribute here! Minor linux-libre kernel updates can be > relied upon to work. They almost never cause blocking problems, based on > the lack of bug reports about them. What update, build, and testing recipe would you recommend to someone willing to help? Thanks for your work, much appreciated! Ludo=E2=80=99.