Re: [PROPOSAL] 2.4.27 as default 2.4 kernel for sarge

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 10:47:29AM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> Sven Luther writes:
> > On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 07:53:09AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
> > > 
> > > > >   Based on discussions on the debian-kernel list[1], I'd like to propose
> > > > > that we use 2.4.27 as the 2.4 kernel for all architectures with 2.4 kernels
> > > > > in sarge.  The strongest arguments for 2.4.27, as opposed to 2.4.26 were noted
> > > > > by tbm [3].
> > > > 
> > > > One thing to bear in mind when making this kind of decision it that it
> > > > seems to take d-i about 2 weeks to transition to a new kernel once the
> > > 
> > > What are the plans regarding 2.6 ?
> > 
> > It will be 2.6.8.
> 
> If you write 2.6.8, do you mean 2.6.8.1? Or is the diff to .1 included
> in the Debian packages? I cannot find a hint and the version number is
> misleading.

The package is named 2.6.8, but it includes the 2.6.8.1 diffset, i don't know
the details, plus some other backports. Exact detail can be found at : 

  http://svn.debian.org/viewcvs/kernel/trunk/kernel/source/kernel-source-2.6.8-2.6.8/debian/patches

Friendly,

Sven Luther