On Sunday, 31 December 2017 01:13:26 GMT Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2017-12-31 00:33, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > But the whole 4.12 branch has been masked, so that won't do. Here, > > I've had to go back to 4.9.49-r1 (amd64, not ~amd64). But now I see > > 4.9.72 has been stabilised. I think I'll wait for some stabiliity in > > the kernel version offerings before I make another move. Three kernel > > compilations on six systems within a week are a few too many. > > FWIW, I find 4.9.73 (upstream, not gentoo) rock solid.
Well, I haven't fallen into whatever holes have been found in other versions yet either, as far as I know. If you don't mind my asking, what factors make you prefer vanilla to gentoo sources? (I assume that's what you use.) -- Regards, Peter.