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Re: 2.6.8 release



On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 11:46:21AM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote:
> There has been some talk on IRC about what kernel to release sarge with;
> some people would prefer 2.6.8 (which hasn't been released yet).  If we
> want to do that, I would suggest getting a jump on stuff now by preparing
> 2.6.8rc2 in svn, naming the package kernel-source-2.6.8 2.6.7+2.6.8rc2,

We can do better than that.  See bug 93386.  We can call it
2.6.8~rc2 and this will sort before 2.6.8

> tagging and uploading to experimental (with associated arch-specific
> packages uploaded as well).  This way, by the time upstream releases 2.6.8,
> the packages will (hopefully) have made it through NEW; so,
> we can do uploads of 2.6.8 and have it enter sid immediately.  The less
> time we have to sit around waiting for things like this, the better.

-- 
"Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon 
the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those
conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse
to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince 
himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep 
he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain



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