On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:56:45 -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Reminder: the directory > dists/sarge/main/upgrade-i386 > still has not been created, let alone populated.
Oh, yuck. This is the first I've heard of this problem. > > I would expect this to be a hard requirement before sarge can be > released; otherwise upgrades from woody for real i386 machines will not > be possible. > > It will need to contain a kernel for i386 machines which > (1) installs cleanly on woody > (2) contains and enables the 486 emulation patch (introduced with > Debian's kernel 2.4.24, but really could be attached to any 2.4 version, > I believe). Joshua Kwan is the only person working on 2.4.27, afaik (I offered to help, but I want to get other packages squared away before getting sucked into that). Presumably, we'll be required to provide security updates for these i386-upgrade-only kernels, and given the kernel's history, that's going to be a pain if we're stuck w/ anything less than 2.4.26 or 2.4.27.
