Bug#953680: linux-image-5.5.0-rc5-amd64: When will the stable version of 5.5 reach the repos?

[jim_p <pitsiorisj@gmail.com>]

Package: linux-image-5.5.0-rc5-amd64
Severity: normal

Kernel 5.5 was released more than a month ago, on January 26th 2020, and it has
not reached the repos yet. There is only its rc5 revision, which isn't the last
rc, and it is on experimental only. Why?

Meanwhile, 5.6, now on rc5, will be released in a couple of weeks, so maybe you
should skip 5.5 altogether.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.4.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages linux-image-5.5.0-rc5-amd64 depends on:
ii  initramfs-tools [linux-initramfs-tool]  0.136
ii  kmod                                    27-1
ii  linux-base                              4.6

Versions of packages linux-image-5.5.0-rc5-amd64 recommends:
pn  apparmor             <none>
ii  firmware-linux-free  20200122-1

Versions of packages linux-image-5.5.0-rc5-amd64 suggests:
pn  debian-kernel-handbook  <none>
ii  extlinux                3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-2
ii  grub-pc                 2.04-5
pn  linux-doc-5.5           <none>