On Feb 2, 2016, at 11:28 PM, Karsten Merker <mer...@debian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 02:23:06PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: >> Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net> (2016-02-02): >>> @Kernel+d-i - What is your take on the following: >>> >>> * How long will it take to have the new release ready? >>> - That is, the latency between the 22nd and us having it in unstable. >>> - How certain are we on the 22nd being the actual release date? >>> - [d-i]: How long will it take to have a d-i using the new linux >>> ready? >> >> Once the new ABI reaches unstable, d-i can be patched to use it instead of >> the >> old one. That's a one-liner patch. In case udebs are modified we might need >> to >> also update a few lists accordingly, but as usual that can be done >> proactively >> if the kernel team tells us that this or that udeb is getting dropped or >> added. >> >> Having people around to test d-i daily builds until the kernel reaches >> testing >> would be nice, so that we don't wait until the d-i upload (and maybe d-i >> image >> builds) using testing's kernel to get some feedback. > > I can offer to do that for a number of armhf platforms. > > Regards, > Karsten And I can offer to do that for old Macintosh PowerPC (G4, G5) and armel (SheevaPlug, OpenRD) hardware. Enjoy! Rick
