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lemonade 02-28-2021 04:23 PM
how stable is the current repository right now?
 
how stable is the current repository right now?

I'm a slackware renegade happily using Mageia but 15 is tempting me to switch back.

Is there any mass rebuild in the road to the release?

pchristy 02-28-2021 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by lemonade (Post 6225852)
how stable is the current repository right now?
Very!

:)

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Pete

drgibbon 02-28-2021 04:51 PM
For me, very stable. If you're unlucky enough to be bitten by kernel problems/lockups with the 5.10.x series, then probably not so much. Then again, 5.11.x is available in /testing and I've read here that it's sorted out some people's issues.

Regnad Kcin 02-28-2021 05:02 PM
Slackware64 -current is my daily driver.
No issues at all for me.

hitest 02-28-2021 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by lemonade (Post 6225852)
how stable is the current repository right now?
I've been running -current for years. Slackware 15.0 Alpha 1 is amazing.

bassmadrigal 02-28-2021 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by lemonade (Post 6225852)
Is there any mass rebuild in the road to the release?
I don't think any more mass rebuilds are planned. See the following changelog (my emphasis in bold):

Code:
Mon Feb 15 19:23:44 UTC 2021
Here we go again... upgraded to glibc-2.33 and one last mass rebuild for
Slackware 15.0. The only packages upgraded in this batch are glibc and the
kernels - everything else is just a rebuild against the new glibc. Not
rebuilt in this batch: devs (best to just leave this alone), glibc-zoneinfo,
kernel-firmware, rust, linux-faqs, linux-howtos, aspell-en, mozilla-firefox,
mozilla-thunderbird, and seamonkey. There's a new Rust compiler but Firefox
and Thunderbird will need to be patched to use it, so we'll hold off on
those until they're ready for the new Rust either with patches or new
upstream releases. Until we have that and a few more scheduled upgrades I'm
not quite ready to call this beta yet, but you can call it 15.0-alpha1. :-)
Cheers!

rinaldij 02-28-2021 06:48 PM
Having NVidia problems with X both kde/plasma and xfce and both proprietary and nouveau drivers. HDMI does not wake up from +dpms, requiring reboot. xset s off and xset -dpms along with activating xscreensaver is a workaround. I thought the nvidia-persistenced would help but no joy.

Lockywolf 02-28-2021 10:26 PM
I wouldn't jump on until 15.0 is out. It's believed that not much time is left.

ceed 02-28-2021 11:39 PM
Current has been very stable for me over the past year and continues to be so. I ought to point out that my current does not include kde, xfce, and e. So I can't speak for a full install.

teoberi 03-01-2021 12:18 AM
Quite stable, but there is still enough work to be done.
This is due to the small number of developers in the team and the very large number of problems/improvements to be solved.:)

chrisretusn 03-01-2021 01:47 AM
As stable as it has always been, for me at least.

mats_b_tegner 03-01-2021 03:16 AM
I'm running -current64 with kernel 5.4.102 and Enlightenment window manager. I'd say it's very stable for daily desktop use.

upnort 03-01-2021 02:21 PM
For the past week I have been diligently testing updating 14.2 to Current. About half the time on one system I get some kind of system crash dump when performing a three finger salute to reboot. No conclusions at this time. Could very well be PEBKAC since I'm still testing.

hitest 03-01-2021 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by upnort (Post 6226230)
For the past week I have been diligently testing updating 14.2 to Current. About half the time on one system I get some kind of system crash dump when performing a three finger salute to reboot. No conclusions at this time. Could very well be PEBKAC since I'm still testing.
Thanks for your service to the community in this area. It could be PEBKAK; it's hard to say.
I'll be very interested to read the official documentation on how to upgrade to 15.0. There are many big changes from 14.2------>15.0. I have done upgrades to -current from 14.2, but, that was quite a while ago. These days it's just easier for me to do a clean install of Slackware64-current and then bring in my back-ups.

TheRealGrogan 03-01-2021 03:44 PM
I'd say there is no reason not to use it if you want to have Slackware back. If you get a current -current ISO, since we're close to a release, it should be easy to keep up with package upgrades and you'll just roll right into the final. As said, there are no more planned rebuilds (and there should be no reason to at this stage). (and that would put me off too, I didn't do a new install I was planning for another box until after that was announced)


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