Re: DDP CVS commit by robster: ddp/manuals.sgml/release-notes Tag: sarge rele ...
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 10:00:26AM +0100, Rob Bradford wrote:
> >
> > It would be nice if could put somewhere on the release notes that
> > Debian's 2.6.8 is actually 2.6.8.1 plus some patches. It's useful to
> > note this because 2.6.8 had a major NFS-related problem which made the
> > kernel guys release 2.6.8.1 right after releasing 2.6.8.
>
> Yeh, I know about that. But the version of the Debian packages doesnt
> show this, and the description only mentions 2.6.8. So thats what I went
> on. It would be more confusing if the release notes do not match the
> version claimed to be packaged. (So maybe the kernel maintainers should
> fix that.)
>
I think not, it has been released so to avoid queueing of a NEw source.
There are not good reasons to change that, fixes are already listed
within changelog.
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
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