RE: kernel versions in releases.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas Allan Tutty [mailto:dtutty@porchlight.ca]
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 4:40 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: kernel versions in releases.
>
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 02:36:46PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:53:08AM -0700, jdaues wrote:
> > > Currently, I am using Debian Etch with kernel version
> 2.6.18-3-686. This
> > > kernel has a bug that affects me in a rather annoying
> manner. This bug
> > > is fixed in 2.6.20. Since etch is frozen, I am assuming
> that 2.6.20 will
> > > not be in the final release of etch, correct? Can one
> estimate when
> > > 2.6.20 will make it into a debian release?
> > >
> > Probably never. The release of Lenny will likely have a
> higher numbered
> > kernel. Of course, you can always get the vanilla kernel source and
> > build one yourself using kernel-package. For bonus points, you can
> > identify the fix and create a patch to the current Debian
> kernel source
> > and submit it to the kernel team to see if it can be included. Of
> > course, the bug would need to be rather serious for them
> consider such a
> > thing this late in the release cycle.
> >
>
> Don't new kernel versions come out after release, with the updates?
> Also, once Etch is stable, before Lenny is stable, won't a
> 2.6.20 end up
> in testing at some point?
>
> Doug.
One can always grab .debs for the latest kernel from sid or experimental,
or elsewhere. Quoting from the debian-devel-annouce mailing list:
> As mentioned above, we are tracking upstream closely. Usually, the latest
> upstream release reaches unstable almost on the day of its release.
> Experimental acts as staging area, where the -rcX kernels are built. If
> you want to be on the cutting edge, Bastian Blank provides daily builds
> out of the debian-kernel repository [1].
>
> [1] deb http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel trunk main
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