Potato, Kernel 2.2 -> 2.4
I know I'm risking being flamed with this, so let me first say that I
know that Debian does a very good job at putting out the highest
quality linux distro there is (that's why I use it). From my reading
of the Linux news sites, it appears quite likely that by the time
Potato is released (or very shortly after) the 2.4 series kernel will
be out, and debian will be behind the power curve again, with all the
other distros out with a 2.4 version.
Is there anyway to put out a kernel upgrade package which contains ONLY
the packages needed to upgrade to a new kernel (IE: everything that the
new kernel 'breaks') plus the needed build and configure scripts. This
would not be a complete distro, just a 'system' upgrade.
I have wanted to try the 2.2 series myself (I won't until the official
2.2.11 comes out with the file corruption fix finally in). I am afread
to do this on top of slink because I don't want to break anything.
There have been some HowTo's on what the 2.2 series changes over the
2.0 series, but I would feel better with an offical Debian approved
kernel upgrade method. In light of the proposed rapid development of
the 2.3-2.4 series kernel such an upgrade should be kept on the back
burner for potato (to avoid the snickers from the RedHat/SuSe/Caldera
crowd.)
Ok my two cents worth. Keep up the good work.
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