Re: ABI-changing kernel security fixes for sarge
On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 04:09:42PM +0100, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
> How big is the chance that we will have another ABI change during
> sarge's lifetime (100%?). So it can't hurd to figure out the problems
> with that now independently of our decision in this matter...
Absolutely. It's bound to happen again. We also need to figure out
how to do driver updates during sarge's lifetime. I suspect virtually
everybody has had the experience of trying to install woody on a new PC.
Some of the problems I remember:
- new PCI IDs for the eepro100 driver
- i830 chipset not supported (also needed new X)
Does d-i have an option to insert a driver disc (floppy or cdrom) or
ability to grab a new module package from the net (suboptimal as it may
be the network driver that's missing)?
Either that, or we need to commit to a 6-month release goal for etch and
future releases. Which wouldn't suck, we used to do it...
Buzz (1.1): June 1996
Rex (1.2): December 1996 (6 months)
Bo (1.3): June 1997 (6 months)
Hamm (2.0): July 1998 (13 months)
Slink (2.1): March 1999 (9 months)
Potato (2.2): August 2000 (17 months)
Woody (3.0): July 2002 (23 months)
Sarge (3.1): ? (32 months and counting)
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