> > I can see that RCs of development version of kernel are
being built in rawhide.
> > Which is really great to test new stuff. But I would be pretty scared to run RC
> > kernel normally.
>
> No, I don't see how that adds value, the kernels RCs are generally OK
> and how is it any different to running development userspace
...or they can contain bugs in FS drivers which will corrupt your data.
You can have that even in stable releases, look at the recent issue
with corruption which affected a number of the stable releases from
memory.
> > Would it make sense then to also build latest stable
releases?
> >
> > E.g. now it would be 4.1.3. All I can see in koji is this 4.1.3 build [1] for
f22.
>
> How would that even work from a dnf/rpm perspective? It will always
> pull in the latest and hence what ever RC is currently built. Kernels
> have the lovely ability to have more than one installed at once, by
> default 3, so if one particular RC causes issues you grab appropriate
> debug details to report a bug and reboot into the last one that
> worked. You could also manually download/install a 4.1.x stable
> release if a RC series causes you particular pain in a cycle, but
> ultimately if it's not tested and fixed in the RC cycle you're likely
> to have issues with it when it goes stable due to people not testing.
>
> Peter
Well, we could have a separate repo with all stable kernels and installing the
kernels as
```
$ dnf update --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo=rawhide-stable-kernel
```
(wild idea)
And who would do all that extra work, the QA of the kernel on the
various different combinations of release?
> You could also manually download/install a 4.1.x stable release
if a RC series
> causes you particular pain in a cycle
I can't. I would have to build it myself. And that's really my point with this
thread: should I build the kernel myself, or is anyone else interested in this
and can we figure out a solution for everyone?
Why? You can run most kernels anywhere, I often run rawhide kernels on
stable releases and visa versa and getting them from koji is a
solution that works for most people who want something non standard.
Peter