Re: 2.6.8 release

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> writes:

> Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 06:00:44PM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
>> > Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>> > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 11:46:21AM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote:
>> > > > There has been some talk on IRC about what kernel to release sarge with;
>> > > > some people would prefer 2.6.8 (which hasn't been released yet).  If we
>> > > > want to do that, I would suggest getting a jump on stuff now by preparing
>> > > > 2.6.8rc2 in svn, naming the package kernel-source-2.6.8 2.6.7+2.6.8rc2,
>> > > 
>> > > We can do better than that.  See bug 93386.  We can call it
>> > > 2.6.8~rc2 and this will sort before 2.6.8
>> > 
>> > Such versioning isn't allowed pre-sarge, as it can break woody
>> > upgrades.
>> 
>> Yes, upgrades from the kernel-source-2.6.8 that was in woody.
>> Sheesh.
>
> IIRC uploads are automatically REJECTed for that reason.
>
>
> Thiemo

I say lets try.

With the sarge freeze coming up the rules can probably be loosend if
they still apply.

MfG
        Goswin