Re: Linux kernels v3.18.x and v4.2.x in sid

[Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>]

Dmitry Katsubo <dma_k@mail.ru> writes:

> I wonder if somebody knows what are the plans for packaging kernels
> 3.18.x and 4.2.x? 3.18 was released long time ago, and I think it is
> mature. 4.2.x would be nice to play with. I have searched here:

>> https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=all&searchon=names&keywords=kernel-image

> but found nothing. Maybe there is some blocking issue? Anyway, even if
> something does not work well, would be nice to see latest kernels in
> e.g. sid repo.

I'm confused... sid has had 4.2 as its kernel for some time now.  3.18 is
indeed not in sid any more because it was replaced by 4.x kernels some
time back.

Packaging of 4.3 is already in progress.

I assume you're looking in entirely the wrong place somehow?

mithrandir:~$ apt-cache search linux-image
linux-headers-4.3.0-rc5-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.3.0-rc5-amd64
linux-image-4.3.0-rc5-amd64 - Linux 4.3-rc5 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.3.0-rc5-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux 4.3.0-rc5-amd64
linux-headers-4.2.0-1-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64
linux-image-4.2.0-1-amd64 - Linux 4.2 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.2.0-1-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64
linux-image-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)
linux-image-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux amd64 configuration (meta-package)
nvidia-kernel-4.2.0-1-amd64 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64
linux-image-4.1.0-2-amd64 - Linux 4.1 for 64-bit PCs
linux-headers-4.1.0-2-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.1.0-2-amd64

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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>