[Nix-dev] end-of-life kernels

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:17:57AM +0100, Mathijs Kwik wrote:
> Is anyone still using linux 2.6.15 or 2.6.35 or 3.1 or 3.3 or 3.5 ?
> If not, we should probably take them out, as they won't be receiving
> updates any more.

We still use the kernel headers from 2.6.35. As for 2.6.15 or anything <.35 ...
I doubt the nixpkgs userland will completely work with 2.6.35 headers, so I
guess it can be removed easily.

> As for 2.6.35, a downgrade to 2.6.34 or 2.6.32 would do the trick,
> they receive long-time support.
> 2.6.32 is in nixpkgs already, 2.6.34 isn't. Just having 1 long-term
> 2.6 around (2.6.32) would clear up nixos kernel stuff nicely.

I'd fix that in the next stdenv upgrade. Or does anybody see a hurry?