Re: stable or not stable?
On Fri, 9 May 1997, Eduardo Goyanes wrote:
] I'm writing to satisfy my curiousity on why the llinux kernel 2.0.30 is in
] the unstable archives. When a.b.c and b is even the file is stable.
] what is the best way to upgrade the kernel for a linux Debian v1.2?
On Fri, 9 May 1997, Rick Jones wrote:
] A good question. I'd also like to know what the actual current kernel
] version is, since I see people on other list's using 2.0.35?
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> wrote:
] I do admit I haven't been following too closely lately, but the reason
] 2.0.30 is not in stable is more than likely because it is a pretty major
] adittion to the 2.0 kernels. The TCP/IP stack got many patches to improve
] speed. If we are up to 0.35 already then I'd say whoever decided not to
] put 0.30 in bo made the right choice :>
The latest Linux kernel versions available on ftp.funet.fi are 2.0.30
(stable) and 2.1.36 (unstable). These two kernels (2.0 and 2.1) are
being developed in parallel, in an effort to avoid the stagnation we saw
with 1.2 when 1.3 got going. The 2.0 kernel gets almost exclusively
bugfix patches, though some new features have been added where the
impetus was great enough. If you're using a 2.0 kernel because you want
a stable kernel, it's in your best interest to use the highest-numbered
2.0 patchlevel.
The rex-fixed (stable) Debian distribution currently ships with
version 2.0.27 of the kernel. The changes between 2.0.27 and 2.0.30
included some very important bugfixes (particularly in networking, as
noted by Jason Gunthorpe): 2.0.30 survives the "ping of death" and has
vastly improved resistance to the SYN-flood attack.
It's practically a moot point now with bo so close to release, but
in the future perhaps it would make sense to include the latest and
greatest (and thus presumably the most stable) 2.0 kernel in the stable
distribution, and the latest 2.1 kernel in the unstable distribution?
Sebastian Kuzminsky
kuzminsk@hugin.televiso.com
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