Re: [PROPOSAL] Re: Which 2.4 kernel-source for sarge?

[Horms <horms@debian.org>]

On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 05:43:22PM -0600, dann frazier wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 01:48:32PM -0600, dann frazier wrote:
> > We need to come to an agreement about which kernel-source we will ship
> > for sarge.  According to http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianKernel, 
> > everyone w/ 2.4.26 has 2.4.27 except for powerpc (sparc is building).
> > 
> > 2.4.26 has had more testing time - its used in d-i RC1.  The latest
> > kernel-source-2.4.26 package appears to be in good shape with respect
> > to security.
> > 
> > What arguments are there for moving to 2.4.27 prior to sarge?
> 
> maks attems responded:
> > important sparse fixes.
> 
> CAN-2004-0495 (Al Viro sparse fixes) is not fixed in kernel-source-2.4.26,
> and there maybe others.

This was fixed in 2.4.26-5

> > and newer libata, acpi, xfs and netdrv.
> 
> Thiemo Seufer responded:
> > Updated device mapper and IPsec.

I have updated SATA in 2.4.26-6 (which I will re-upload shortly).

I have not addressed ACPI, XFS or netdrv. Discussion on this is welcome.

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Horms