Re: Kernel version for stretch
On Feb 2, 2016, at 11:28 PM, Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 02:23:06PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
>> Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> (2016-02-02):
>>> @Kernel+d-i - What is your take on the following:
>>>
>>> * How long will it take to have the new release ready?
>>> - That is, the latency between the 22nd and us having it in unstable.
>>> - How certain are we on the 22nd being the actual release date?
>>> - [d-i]: How long will it take to have a d-i using the new linux
>>> ready?
>>
>> Once the new ABI reaches unstable, d-i can be patched to use it instead of the
>> old one. That's a one-liner patch. In case udebs are modified we might need to
>> also update a few lists accordingly, but as usual that can be done proactively
>> if the kernel team tells us that this or that udeb is getting dropped or added.
>>
>> Having people around to test d-i daily builds until the kernel reaches testing
>> would be nice, so that we don't wait until the d-i upload (and maybe d-i image
>> builds) using testing's kernel to get some feedback.
>
> I can offer to do that for a number of armhf platforms.
>
> Regards,
> Karsten
And I can offer to do that for old Macintosh PowerPC (G4, G5) and armel (SheevaPlug, OpenRD) hardware.
Enjoy!
Rick
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