Re: Thinking about a "jessie and a half" release

[Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org>]

On 2016-07-04 15:12, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> 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.

Does that mean "kernel from backports"? How would we keep that working 
given that backports keeps changing? Would we copy the kernel at the 
time into a special suite? How would updates work?

That is to mean: I can see how this would work as a sort of continuously 
built thing whenever the kernel in backports changes and the supporting 
d-i changes are committed. But in the terms of a release seems to be a 
little hard.

> >  * rebuilt d-i to match that kernel
>
> You know there are patches around for that.
>
> >  * X drivers
>
> I don't see backports for them.

Would it also mean X proper or "just" drivers?

Kind regards
Philipp Kern