Hi,
Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> (2016-07-04):
> There's something I've been pondering for a while, along with some
> other folks - it might be useful to do a "jessie and a half" release,
> similarly to what we did in the etch days. That's *basically* just
> like a normal jessie release, but with a few key updates:
>
> * backports kernel
That's a given.
> * rebuilt d-i to match that kernel
You know there are patches around for that.
> * X drivers
I don't see backports for them.
> * ... (other things that might be needed for consistency)
>
> all rolled up with a small installer image build (netinst, maybe
> DVD#1).
That'd probably make it easy to decide how to resolve open questions
with my "d-i vs. backported kernel" patches.
> A lot of arm64 machine users would benefit from this, and maybe owners
> of very recent amd64 machines too, with better support for things on
> the Skylake platform. Those are the only two architectures I'm
> thinking of supporting at this point.
>
> Is anybody else interested in helping? Thoughts/comments?
Questions:
1. Is it going to pick pieces from backports only? (See X question
above.)
2. Does it have to be called "jessie and a half"? (How much is the
concept understood across users? Wouldn't it be a better idea to
squeeze the "backports" concept into the name somehow?)
3. What about security support once the system is installed? (Which
can be answered along with 1., I suppose.)
KiBi.
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