mx23 ahs release: auto update kernels

[dolphin_oracle]

We have bee playing with the notion of doing automatic kernel updates on the ahs releases. We would use the liquorix kernels for this.

This poll will run for one week. I and the development team reserve the right to make the final decision.

[Charlie Brown]

...We would use the liquorix kernels for this.

[j2mcgreg]

...We would use the liquorix kernels for this.

+1

[baldyeti]

I am barely concerned (hence won't vote), being too cheap to run recent HW, but i am not sure i see the point. If an unsuspecting user's PC is properly supported by the kernel included on the AHS ISO, why risk regressions by upgrading kernel version (on the installed system) ? Automatic kernel updates IMO should only happen for security/bugfix reasons, like for the debian stable kernel release (which remains at the same version). Plus rebuilding the dkms drivers can test one's patience...

[Charlie Brown]

Just: The dot releases are very frequent on Liquorix, therefore it may also be tiresome for users , every 3-4 days ... It may be better just from i.e. 6.6.x to 6.7 ... 6.8...

[Adrian]

Just: The dot releases are very frequent on Liquorix, therefore it may also be tiresome for users , every 3-4 days ... It may be better just from i.e. 6.6.x to 6.7 ... 6.8...

If that's the case, it definitely needs to be an opt-in not an opt-out...

[DukeComposed]

Just: The dot releases are very frequent on Liquorix, therefore it may also be tiresome for users , every 3-4 days ... It may be better just from i.e. 6.6.x to 6.7 ... 6.8...

My first attempt at running Linux on a laptop full-time began with a since-discontinued Arch distro called Antergos. I didn't know enough about Arch to switch it to use the LTS kernel package, so I ended up having a new kernel get installed on me about twice a week. This would have been merely annoying in the best of cases but I was running ZFS on root, so every kernel update demanded a 20-minute DKMS compilation that, if it failed for any reason, would render the machine unbootable.

That lasted about five weeks before I gave up in disgust.

[figueroa]

I would prefer auto-update with the mainstream LTS kernel. I believe that suits the majority of users with less fuss.

[dolphin_oracle]

I would prefer auto-update with the mainstream LTS kernel. I believe that suits the majority of users with less fuss.

we already have that on the main releases. that is not what is being discussed here.

[Charlie Brown]

... and it'll be a (too) long interval, as AHS is meant for latest hardware, especially for those waiting for the most recent kernels (most of the times as the remedy) as soon as possible ...