Based on discussions on the debian-kernel list[1], I'd like to propose that we use 2.4.27 as the 2.4 kernel for all architectures with 2.4 kernels in sarge. The strongest arguments for 2.4.27, as opposed to 2.4.26 were noted by tbm [3].
All 2.4 architectures have 2.4.27 kernel images built. alpha, mips and s390 have 2.4.27 images already in sarge. hppa, m68k, i386, ia64, and mips have images available in sid. arm, powerpc, and sparc have images awaiting approval in the NEW queue. linux-kernel-di is at 2.4.26 for alpha, sparc, s390, m68k, and i386. These packages will need to be updated, and will need to go through the NEW queue. linux-kernel-di for arm, hppa and powerpc are on 2.4.25, so will also need to be updated. ia64, mips and mipsel already have 2.4.27 linux-kernel-di packages. Various tasks are in a hold pattern until this decision is made (ensuring that d-i uses the proper kernel, removal of other kernel packages from sarge, rebuilding of some packages to fix build-dep issues[4]), so I'd like to uncover any problems with this proposal quickly. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2004/08/msg00586.html [2] http://people.debian.org/~dannf/kernel-stats/kernel-avail.html [3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2004/08/msg00632.html [4] http://people.debian.org/~dannf/kernel-stats/kern-dep.html
