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Re: Poll: debian/powerpc woody users ...



On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 11:26:08AM +0100, Ernest Demaret wrote:
> 
> Op 5-jan-2006, om 11:09 heeft Sven Luther het volgende geschreven:
> 
> >I am wondering if there are still powerpc woody users out there,  
> >and if so,
> >what kernel they are running, and which subarch (oldworld,  
> >newworld, prep,
> >etc). And also if a security update would be worthwhile, over  
> >assistance to
> >migrate to a sarge 2.4.27 kernel for example.
> 
> I'm still using 2.4.27 on a PowerPC Nubus machine.

2.4.27 is the sarge kernel, the woody kernel where those random 2.2.x ones as
well as the 2.4.18-newpmac kernel.

> >Also, i would be interested in the reasons why you still run woody  
> >now that
> >sarge is up, and your approximate time frame for a woody->sarge  
> >migration.
> 
> As you'll understand is migrating to sarge not (yet) possible for a  
> Nubus Mac. Haven't got much time to test the latest patches for Nubus  
> either, so I'm still using my old kernel.

:)

Woody is not the latest release with 2.4.27 and 2.6.8 kernels, but the
previous one, released in 2002 or so :)

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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