[SAC] "projects.osgeo" kernel updates policy?

Markus Neteler neteler at osgeo.org
Mon Jul 26 14:29:26 EDT 2010


Hi SAC;

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Martin Spott <Martin.Spott at mgras.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:07:48PM +0200, Markus Neteler wrote:
>
>> The currently uninstalled (!) security updates contain a kernel update, what
>> is our kernel update policy? It requires a reboot.
>
> Good point: I don't have a clue if the kernel image in the guest
> systems on this virtualization technique is being used in any form or
> if updating the kernel from the stock distribution could even break
> anything.
> Therefore I'd tend to assume that those who are familiar with this
> virtualization are going to take care about the kernel updates  ;-)
>

who is actually "familiar with this virtualization"?

I would like to know the do's and don'ts on the projects machine.

Thanks
Markus


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