Re: Upgrade to 2.6.15
On Tuesday 21 February 2006 02:41, Hal Vaughan wrote:
>On Tuesday 21 February 2006 02:07, John Talbut wrote:
>> I am using etch and it is up to date apart from the kernel. When I
>> wanted to recompile the kernel I found information that suggested
>> that I would need to upgrade to the 2.6.12 kernel. So I duly went
>> looking for the kernel-source-2.6.12 package, only to find it
>> nowhere in testing. Instead it seemed I needed to be using the
>> linux-source-2.6.15 package.
>>
>> Is this the right package for me to use?
>>
>> Why the change from kernel-source to linux-source?
>
>The plan is to eventually include other kernels. This was just
> discussed here a few days ago. By not using "kernel-source" or
> "kernel-image" that leaves room open for other kernels, like Gnu's
> Hurd or other non-Linux kernels.
>
>> Why is 2.6.15 the current stable kernel when only even numbered
>> releases were supposed to be stable?
>
The 'even' requirement hasn't changed, it refers to the 6 in any event.
>Linus changed the kernel version numbering system.
>
>Hal
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