On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 07:39:22PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 04:50:22PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Sun, 2009-12-20 at 17:22 +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > Fedora 12, Ubuntu 9.10 and openSUSE 11.2 have this kernel version. > I was hoping that various distributions could work together to > have long time support for 1 kernel version that adds new hardware > support. Where that would be atleast some time after squeeze+1 is > released. Since the other distro's used a 2.6.31 kernel recently, > and we seem to be going for 2.6.32(?), it seems unlikely that we > can get all to work on 1 such kernel version. But maybe we should > look at what the "enterprise" versions will be using instead? Fedora and Ubuntu both do 6-monthly releases, and are certainly not supported for a "long time" by Debian standards. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and RHEL 6 are both expected in the first half of 2010[1]. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS will be shipping 2.6.32, and my understanding (based on discussions at LPC) is that RHEL 6 will as well; and 2.6.32 will have extended upstream support, including support for new hardware. So this look at the "enterprise" versions was already done, and is what resulted in picking 2.6.32. :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org [1] http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Red-Hat-Summit-videos-presentations-and-outlook-for-RHEL6-743323.html
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