Re: Newer kernel for jessie backports

[Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

>
> In jessie backports there is currently a 4.9 kernel 
> (4.9.110-3+debu5~deb8u1) which is based on stretch 4.9.110-3+deb9u2. Since 
> stretch now has 4.9.144-3.1 are there any plans to make a 
> 4.9.144-3.1~deb8u1 for jessie?
>
> I have a piece of hardware that requires the newer kernel but will sadly 
> not be able to upgrade to stretch for a few months.
>
> Is there something I can do to help this along?

This kernel is maintained through Debian LTS now, please contact
debian-lts@lists.debian.org instead.

Cheers,
        Moritz