[mythtv-users] Fedora vs. CentOS - Thoughts

[Jarod Wilson]

On Nov 24, 2010, at 1:17 AM, Greg Oliver wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
>> On Nov 23, 2010, at 4:33 PM, John Pilkington wrote:
>> 
>>> On 23/11/10 21:02, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>>> On Nov 23, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Anthony Giggins wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> ...Axel is hopeful of getting 0.24 going on CentOS 5 soon and had 0.24 packages for RHEL 6 Beta.  So 0.24 on CentOS 6 may also be along quite soon, but long-term support for v4l there is still a bit uncertain.  That's my understanding, anyway.
>>>> 
>>>> Out of curiosity, where does this understanding come from?
>>> 
>>> Hi Jarod:  Of course, you are in a much better position than I am to know what is likely to happen here, and I'm not speaking with any inside knowledge.  Here's a recent post from Axel:
>>> 
>>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/atrpms/users/14383#14383
>> 
>> Okay, I suspected that might be where it was coming from. I'm
>> actually debating taking up the mantle to maintain the backports
>> tree, with a specific interest in making sure it builds on a
>> certain 2.6.32 kernel. I've got commit rights on the new build
>> system tree anyway, and will be committing bits to get it all
>> building w/2.6.32 again shortly.
>> 
>> 
>>>> /me almost done with a backport of the entire current v4l/dvb
>>>> stack (including IR drivers) to the RHEL6 kernel...
>> 
>> /me shakes fist at kABI... Goes ahead with a build w/kABI checking
>> disabled for now...
>> 
> 
> Hi Jarod,
> 
> Since it looks like RH is not gonna distribute their patchlist with
> their kernel sources any longer, the benefit of having their kernel is
> gone.

How so, exactly? (Not that I want to be argumentative, I'd
actually really like honest feedback about the issues this
causes for folks).

Nb: there's supposed to be a source browser w/patch details
in the Red Hat customer portal, but I've not seen the end
product yet myself.


> I sure wish they would change their mind about that.

Definitely make that known through official channels, as
loudly as you possibly can.


> Are you going to house a repo somewhere with your bits?

Yep!


> I know RH
> won't let you push that out to us video junkies  in rhn  :)

Yeah, notsomuch. :)

(Though a set of kernel patches enabling newer v4l/dvb bits is
a maybe for a later point release...)


> This whole kernel srpm without patches really bums me out...

Trust me, you're not the only one...


-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com