On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Dag Wieers wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Karanbir Singh wrote:
Linuxguy123 wrote:
b) One of the things I really need are up to date (bleeding edge) kernels. For example, F8 has 2.6.26 kernels, whereas CentOS appears to be running 2.6.18 kernels. I do know how to build my own kernels, but that is a pain.
Does someone keep a separate repository that has more modern kernels ? Can yum be configured to use only specific packages (ie kernels) from a specific repository ?
Why not step up and offer to maintain a bleeding edge kernel in the centos-plus repos ?
That would not be a bad idea. I always wondered how well a recent kernel would work with CentOS 5, but I never took the time to test a Fedora kernel on my dependable boxes.
A project with this focus might indeed be useful.
Let me add that nothing should be holding you (anyone) from starting a project by sending an email with intentions, get hold of a wiki-page to list your ideas and progress and motivating people to help and test.
Whether that is a bleeding-edge kernel project, a new tool to migrate sideways to and from RHEL, or a design, documentation or translation project. I am sure your effort is useful, but often it needs commitment and determination to get things going.