On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 11:19:37AM +0200, Jaume Sabater wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > >So, i am seriously considering dropping all 2.4 powerpc kernels, and > >going with 2.6 only, and would like to get feedback both from > >debian-kernel as well as debian-powerpc, feedback i didn't get in the > >past. > > - Kernel 2.6 is the new stable branch. > - Kernel 2.6 is better in all aspects than 2.4. > - Maintainers time is limited.
Yeah, but we have to consider what this means for the sarge release, and if it will introduce brokeness that we are not ready to fix before the sarge release. Mmm, maybe i should have CCed the RM about this ? > Go for the 2.6 and leave just the last version of 2.4 (or drop it too). That was my intentions. > >Ah, and i am seriously considering dropping support for apus from the > >kernels (and thus debian-installer). I believe that they are only a > >handfull of apus users left, and those are happily running self built > >2.2 kernels. Furthermore, i have some evidence that not only where the > >debian apus kernels never tried on apus, but also that there is big > >chance they don't even work. I don't have apus hardware anymore, so ... > > I agree. > > Say, it would be nice to have everything always available, up and > running, but Debian is made of volunteers, so let's face facts. We have > old kernels for old computers. The irony of it though is that probably a 2.6 kernel would run better on said hardware, but without it i can hardly test. Friendly, Sven Luther
