Re: kernel updates into stable
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 04:15:32PM +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 the mental interface of Colin Watson told:
> > On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 09:05:30PM +1000, Evan Read wrote:
> > > I was wondering if, going against the Debian stable grain, kernel
> > > updates (like the seemingly well tested 2.4.19) kernel will ever make
> > > it into stable?
> >
> > It's certainly been known in the past for this to happen, especially in
> > low-numbered point revisions. They frequently fix serious installation
> > bugs on one type of hardware or another, and upgraders don't have to use
> > the new kernel unless they want to do so.
> >
> > However, it's largely up to the kernel maintainer.
> [...]
>
> apt-cache search kernel-image | grep 2.4.19
>
> kernel-image-2.4.19-386 - Linux kernel image for version 2.4.19 on \
> 386.
That's testing and unstable, not stable. If you look up you'll see that
Evan was asking about stable.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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