> -----Original Message----- > From: Douglas Allan Tutty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 4:40 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: kernel versions in releases. > > On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 02:36:46PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:53:08AM -0700, jdaues wrote: > > > Currently, I am using Debian Etch with kernel version > 2.6.18-3-686. This > > > kernel has a bug that affects me in a rather annoying > manner. This bug > > > is fixed in 2.6.20. Since etch is frozen, I am assuming > that 2.6.20 will > > > not be in the final release of etch, correct? Can one > estimate when > > > 2.6.20 will make it into a debian release? > > > > > Probably never. The release of Lenny will likely have a > higher numbered > > kernel. Of course, you can always get the vanilla kernel source and > > build one yourself using kernel-package. For bonus points, you can > > identify the fix and create a patch to the current Debian > kernel source > > and submit it to the kernel team to see if it can be included. Of > > course, the bug would need to be rather serious for them > consider such a > > thing this late in the release cycle. > > > > Don't new kernel versions come out after release, with the updates? > Also, once Etch is stable, before Lenny is stable, won't a > 2.6.20 end up > in testing at some point? > > Doug.
One can always grab .debs for the latest kernel from sid or experimental, or elsewhere. Quoting from the debian-devel-annouce mailing list: > As mentioned above, we are tracking upstream closely. Usually, the latest > upstream release reaches unstable almost on the day of its release. > Experimental acts as staging area, where the -rcX kernels are built. If > you want to be on the cutting edge, Bastian Blank provides daily builds > out of the debian-kernel repository [1]. > > [1] deb http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel trunk main -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
