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Arch Linux will probably get it in a couple of weeks.

Android, on the other hand, will take much longer. It's sad as there are so many goodies in this for ARM, especially the multi-platform support. This will make updating Android version a lot easier (for manufacturers, hackers). Right now the one of the bigger issues is updating the kernels (and the closed drivers, to be honest).

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:( I just upgraded my arch a few days ago to 3.6.9, and now I'll have to do it again.

If upgrading is not for you, ArchLinux is not for you. You should run a full pacman -Syyu at least once a week and clean up .pacsave files at least once a month. Probably even more often if you are on testing.

You can always blacklist a package (such as linux) in /etc/pacman.conf to avoid upgrading it during pacman -Syu, for example. I had to do this during a power regression in the kernel. However this isn't a long term arch strategy. Note also that arch has LTS kernels, should you prefer.

Not updating a package is the best way preventing security flaws to get fixed

If not upgrading the kernel every week or two is a security hole, most people are pretty screwed. I personally do not like to restart that often. Turning off automatic updates just gives you control of when to upgrade.

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