procps 2.x vs. procps 3.x
Albert Cahalan wrote in message "[ANNOUNCE] procps 3.1.3":
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This release includes user selection in top, the sysctl -e option needed to support the Red Hat 8.0 boot scripts, and the use of
/proc/*/wchanon recent 2.5.xx kernels.For those of you still upgrading from procps 2.0.xx releases, you can expect:
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There's a [email protected] mailing list you can use for feature requests, bug reports, and so on. Use it!
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Robert Love wrote in message "[announce] procps 2.0.11":
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Rik and I are pleased to announce version 2.0.11 of procps, the package that contains ps, top, free, vmstat, etc.
Newer versions of procps are required for 2.5 kernels.
...Procps discussion, bugs, and patches are welcome at:
[email protected]
Which one should distributions use?
Or is that a matter of taste?
- Dan
Well at Gentoo, we are kinda using both right now. We've noticed some querkiness with the 3.x series where TOP will miss certain characters in output, but the 3.x series is much prettier and feature rich than the 2.x series. On the other hand, 2.x is consistently more up to date with kernel changes since RML and Riel maintain it and are intimately familiar with current kernel development.
For the moment, we are on 2.x in stable and 3.x in unstable, awaiting fixage for the minor querks of 3.x before switching up to 3.x for the stable.
Hope that helps,
Brandon Low
Gentoo Linux Kernel Release Manager
Quoted 38 lines · Dan Kegel
Albert Cahalan wrote in message "[ANNOUNCE] procps 3.1.3":
Quoted 9 lines
This release includes user selection in top, the sysctl -e option needed to support the Red Hat 8.0 boot scripts, and the use of
/proc/*/wchanon recent 2.5.xx kernels.For those of you still upgrading from procps 2.0.xx releases, you can expect:
...
There's a [email protected] mailing list you can use for feature requests, bug reports, and so on. Use it!and
Robert Love wrote in message "[announce] procps 2.0.11":
Quoted 8 lines
Rik and I are pleased to announce version 2.0.11 of procps, the package that contains ps, top, free, vmstat, etc.
Newer versions of procps are required for 2.5 kernels.
...Procps discussion, bugs, and patches are welcome at:
[email protected]Which one should distributions use?
Or is that a matter of taste?- Dan
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