How risky is 2.5.x?

[Florian Weimer <Weimer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How risky is using recent 2.5.x kernels, either the Linus version or
the SGI one?

I do have backups, but recovering is still a mess. ;-)

(I want to test some 2.5.x features, but I'm unwilling to set up a
separate test system.)

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