On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 01:08:38AM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: >> From what I can gather, it would appear that debian-installer is using >> 2.6.7 kernels for the following archs: i386, ia64, powerpc, and sparc. >> Every other arch is using 2.4 or older. >> In sid, we've got 2.6.6 for alpha, and 2.6.7 for i386, ia64, and >> powerpc. I plan to request the removal of all older kernels. This >> means the following will go: >> kernel-source-2.6.3 >> kernel-source-2.6.5 >> kernel-source-2.6.6 (if alpha still needs this, let me know)
On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 11:58:39PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > This should not be removed without first removing the alpha > kernel-images built from it -- having kernel-images without > corresponding kernel-sources in testing is a total non-starter from the > standpoint of the security team (and probably a GPL violation, once we > release). I can start an alpha build right now if no one else has. On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 11:58:39PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > Of course, debian-installer doesn't use those, and never will (I need at > least 2.6.7 w/ the PCI fixes to be able to do any development on 2.6); > so it's entirely at the kernel team's discretion whether they should be > kept until 2.6.7 becomes available. On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 01:08:38AM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: >> Hopefully someone's working on 2.6.7 for alpha, so we can get rid of all >> traces of 2.6.[1-6] from sid.. On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 11:58:39PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > Not I. I've heard grumblings about no one being in charge of the alpha > builds, and that there was a possible volunteer, but I haven't heard > that he's volunteered just yet. :) I thought I volunteered and dropped the ball. The boot method I use (tftpboot direct form firmware) is such that it's inconvenient for me to test packaged kernels. FWIW no architecture-specific changes whatsoever were needed for alpha to boot any release >= 2.6.0. -- wli -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
