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Re: kernel policy vs bug handling (how to followup #919227 ?)



On Sb, 08 iun 19, 16:08:27, Andrea Borgia wrote:
> Il 08/06/19 12:18, Andrei POPESCU ha scritto:
> 
> > On Mi, 27 mar 19, 21:22:18, Andrea Borgia wrote:
> > > 2) maybe I am not using the proper keywords but I can't seem to find
> > > information on Debian kernel policy, specifically: when does a new kernel
> > > from upstream enter "unstable"?
> > 
> > Usually quite soon after the upstream kernel is released as "stable".
> > 
> > During the freeze only packages meant for the next stable should be
> > uploaded to unstable (as per Release Team policy), so new versions might
> > go to experimental or not be packaged at all until after the release.
> 
> "Unstable" still has 4.19 whereas 5.0.x and 5.1.x are marked as stable
> upstream, so I guess we'll see them in the next release.

Debian is typically using LTS kernels for stable releases, so buster 
will most likely release with 4.19.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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