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[PATCH] gnu: linux-libre: add linux-libre-stable & linux-libre-longterm

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Wilko Meyer <w <at> wmeyer.eu>, Michael Ford <fanquake <at> gmail.com>, 66968 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#66968] [PATCH] gnu: linux-libre: add linux-libre-stable & linux-libre-longterm
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:50:54 -0400

On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 11:36:10PM +0900, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:
> >  (define-public linux-libre-headers linux-libre-headers-5.15.49)
> > +(define-public linux-libre-stable linux-libre-headers-6.5)
> > +(define-public linux-libre-longterm linux-libre-headers-6.1)
> 
> Sounds like a reasonable thing to have.  Leo, Wilko, what do you think?

The package named 'linux-libre' is by definition the latest stable
kernel:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/linux.scm?id=22a34ea792ef0df15fd30d46f557b572c61d5404#n513

Should we add an alias for it?

We also have a package called 'linux-libre-lts', which is supposed to be
the most recent kernel with long-term support.

I think the phrasing "longterm" is more idiomatic for Linux, so we could
replace the -lts package with a -longterm package if people prefer that.

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