Re: [RFC] Removing sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel

On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 at 12:35, Michał Górny <[email protected]> wrote:
> So, is anyone around here using them, or knows anyone who does?  If so,
> what are their reasons?

It's not clear to me whether you are asking merely about
sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel or also about sys-kernel/vanilla-sources,
since the thread goes on to discuss both. I'll therefore present my
case for vanilla-sources.

My usual kernel uses gentoo-sources, but I regularly use
vanilla-sources to submit bug reports to the kernel developers with
the untainted mainline kernel.

I usually discover a bug on a gentoo-sources kernel, write up
everything and then try to replicate it on vanilla-sources and use the
logs and/or dumps from that version to report it.
It also easily lets me apply patches by the responding maintainer to
the vanilla kernel.

I could fetch the source from kernel.org and patch it using patch and
so on, but being able to use portage is very convenient.

-Max