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Re: Really 2.6.18?



maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at> writes:

>> But Maks, how we'll ensure that there's no regressions for our users?
>> 
>> Or the idea is to suply two installation medias? One with released
>> kernel and other with the "new" kernel? That would be great but would
>> push a lot of more work on d-i team.
>
> it is meant to not be the default, but easily choosable like it was
> for sarge to blindy type linux26
> this allows to support hardware for etch that is not yet released and
> wouldn't be supported by 2.6.18. aka sexy new stuff :)

I see.

> as a side topic you mentioned fixes in grub, please don't forget
> about the optional existing .bak initrd entries?

I hadn't forget about them. I just want to have current fixed grub on
etch before new features. I know this is a trivial one but let's first
have a stable and ready for release package before we add new stuff.

If you can prepare a patch it could speedup things...

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