Re: When will Debian 7.0 with Linux Kernel 3.x be Released?
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:04:57 +0800
"Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)" <ubuntu.fan.2012@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am actually looking forward to Debian 7.0 with Linux Kernel 3.x. As
> we all know, Debian 6.0.x is still using the old Linux Kernel 2.6.
>
> When will Debian 7.0 be released? Debian with Linux Kernel 3.x
> release seems very slow when all the other Linux distros already have
> the latest Linux Kernel 3.x. Why do I want Linux Kernel 3.x? Because
> I want to play around with Xen virtualization (dom0 required).
>
> Debian developers, please speed up! I love Ubuntu and Debian Linux!!!
> I am already using Debian wheezy with my Samsung Intel Atom N455 1.6
> GHz netbook, with Shorewall Firewall configuration.
>
So why do you care when wheezy is officially declared released? Nothing
dramatic will happen to it on that day.
You may not be aware that the released version of Debian is called
Stable. The reason for that is that the software does not change for
any reason other than to fix security bugs (well, nearly).
So once wheezy is frozen, that's it. No new software. And it will be
released when, in the opinion of the developers, it is ready for
production use in arbitrarily large organisations and public-facing
Internet servers. Debian isn't a toy, and it isn't Windows. It won't be
released while any serious bugs are known to remain unfixed.
If you would like to help speed up release, then you can help get rid
of the last thousand or so bugs, as documented here:
http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/
After the freeze, that green line has to go down fairly close to zero.
It will rise before it falls, as less well-tested software will be
pushed from Unstable into wheezy just ahead of the freeze.
Now, if it's 'play' you want, the latest and buggiest software, then
Debian Stable is not for you. You want Unstable, permanently known as
sid. It breaks badly occasionally, and at any time a few minor parts are
always broken, but that's the price of using the newest software. You
can also help here with the next release, by reporting the bits that
break when you try to use them, speeding up their transition into the
current Testing distribution.
--
Joe
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