On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 10:19:15PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Monday 30 April 2007 23:44, dann frazier wrote: > > Just a note that the next 2.6.8 kernel update for sarge includes an > > ABI change. 2.4.27 updates are coming, but I do not believe the 2.4 > > ABI will change. > > /me curses, but not very loudly
So quiet, I didn't even hear it :) > Ah, well. What's another D-I release... > I really hope that 2.4 ABI will remain unchanged as we can then probably > only rebuild the 2.6.8 kernel udebs, which I can massbuild myself. > Rebuilding 2.4 would require individual builds by porters. > > Is the nature of the 2.4 security issues such that we can get away with > not rebuilding it or are the so severe that we should? I don't think so, but I'm still early in the 2.4 work. I'll let you know at the first sign of a d-i-important issues (including ABI changes, of course). If required, I can certainly do the same lkdi builds I did last time, but powerpc/2.4 (build requires 2.4 kernel runtime) and m68k will still be a pain. > > A security update for etch is also about to release - it includes no > > ABI change. However, the plan is to include a few ABI changing patches > > in the first point s-p-u update. Its unclear when an s-p-u upload will > > happen - I'm working with aba to organize this. > > Yes, I was expecting that some time ago to be honest... And unfortunately I still don't have an ETA. I need to poke aba again about using t-p-u. fyi, I uploaded a -12etch2 security build for klecker last night, I expect it to be ready to release in about a week. > For both, just let me (the list) know when the kernel packages are > available in (sarge-)p-u and I'll do the necessary changes for D-I. > I _will_ need some time for uploads and builds, so the SRMs should not > count on being able to release quickly after the kernel packages are > available. At least, not a release that includes those kernel packages. fyi, those packages are still stuck in NEW. But, I can make those builds available to you now if you'd like to get started before they release. > With these changes I'd like to also consider the following changes for > D-I: > - rebuild of choose-mirror for both sarge and etch to get latest mirror > data > - add support "oldstable" as suite in choose-mirror for sarge > - backport the "resize ext3 partitions" support from trunk to etch > > Eventually I'd also like to ensure "oldstable lenny" support, but there's > no real rush for that (yet :-) > > Comments? > > Cheers, > FJP Thanks Frans. -- dann frazier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
