[Mageia-dev] kernel 3.0 is a big mistake in cauldron

[Radu-Cristian FOTESCU]

> WTF? We do this quite regularly... the rc's have been pushed in cooker
> and I'm pretty sure cauldron in the past. The fact that this is 3.x.x
> rather 2.6.38 is pretty much a whim of numbering and nothing
> specifically relating to anything "significant" or similar.
> 
> And who cares if -latest is updated. Your old kernel is not removed and
> TMB gave you forewarning about it.
> 
> This is really one of the lamest complaints ever!!!

Notwithstanding that this is cauldron, not stable, it is _not_ like an update from
2.6.38.8-desktop-2
to
2.6.38.8-desktop-5

This is a _major_ kernel update, even if 3.0.0-rc7 is actually 2.6.40-rc7.

As a matter of fact, while 2.6.38.8 was a _very_ stable kernel, this one is _not_,

The latest _stable_ kernel is 2.6.39.3, not this bloody  2.6.40-rc7, aka 3.0.0-rc7.

And I don't remember of any "forewarning".

Also, even in Cauldron, shouldn't it have stayed for more time in testing?

Finally, when you upgrade a regular package (say, LibreOffice, which was recently updated) to a new version, it is extremely unlikely that you would update it to a Beta/RC one, even in Cauldron. Then why your standards are _lower_ when comes to the kernel -- the most important component of all?!?!? 

I am using Mageia because it's one of the best distros out there. I am using Cauldron because I need newer stuff -- and I'm also building some even newer packages every now and then, as I need them.

But I don't trust _your_ judgment, folks, your inconsistent policies, your questionable common sense. As FLOSS developers, you're first of all full of pride, pride, and pride again. You're _always_ right -- you're Gods, after all. Well, I'm an atheist then.

R-C