[CentOS-devel] RFC: Stream Kernel SIG Proposal

Wed Jan 20 19:11:25 UTC 2021
Phil Perry <pperry at elrepo.org>

On 20/01/2021 15:44, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 08:08:03AM +0000, redbaronbrowser via CentOS-devel wrote:
>> Third, package newer LTS kernels during the LTS lifespan. These would be
>> available as alternative kernels for Stream similar to the CentOS Plus
>> kernel.
> 
> On this point: the Fedora kernel packages are probably a fine place to start
> and it would be nice to see this SIG collaborate with the Fedora kernel
> maintainers and possibly the Fedora Server SIG rather than just being a
> disconnected downstream.
> 

No need, this already exists both in the form of the current mainline 
kernel and an LTS offering, and has done so for many years. Assuming 
such mainline and LTS kernels built on RHEL will install seamlessly on 
Stream, there seems little point reinventing the wheel.

https://elrepo.org/linux/kernel/el8/x86_64/RPMS/