On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 02:36:34PM +0000, Zwettler Markus (OIZ) wrote:
> Hi Adrian,
>
> I'm not talking about this specific bug or its resolution.
>
> I want to talk about the Linux update problem in general.
>
> Anyone updating Linux might get such nerving dependency troubles.
>
> How do you handle this situation? Updating more frequently? Updating less frequently? Not updating anymore?
If we ask ourselves general questions there can't be, by the
very nature of the question, any more specific answer beyond:
It depends.
Conventional wisdom holds it that updating "more frequently"
(not "accruing technical debt") helps -- the trick is to find
the balance between early effort and lag.
Karsten
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