Re: stable with 2.2.11 (was Re: Stable release management)
On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 01:40:51PM +0200, Christian Meder wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 23, 1999 at 03:26:37PM +0000, Vincent Renardias wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> >
> > > I agree -- it's fine to upgrade to kernel 2.2.x in slink, but
> > > upgrading libc is just too much of a radical step. Lets do it one
> > > step at a time, ok?
> >
> > yep. linux 2.2 is a very much needed upgrade. glibc2.1 certainly isn't.
>
> I'm not sure if you're aware that we were speaking about upgrading
> glibc for the sparc architecture only. Debian slink Sparc is already based
> on a recent prerelease of glibc2.1 so upgrading is just a minor glibc
> update.
Exactly, and for technical reasons, it's imperative to include in the next
release. There are no binary incompatibilities with the potato and slink
versions of glibc, just that the potato one is stable, stock, and released
(the slink glibc 2.1 is a pre-release).
Ben
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