In <1255126752.5713.24.ca...@ixion>, Felix H. Dahlke wrote: >I'm quite new to Debian, and wondering how long it usually takes for a >kernel patch to go through unstable and testing to stable.
Between releases, stable is only updated to fix RC bugs. To do so, a patch is backported to the upstream release that stable was released with. RC bugs resolved as fast as reasonably possible, although they are tested (proposed- updates) before hitting the stable repository. If your patch fixes an RC bug, make sure the bug has been reported in the Debian BTS and that the patch is atteched to that bug. A release involves making a new stable as a snapshot of testing. If you need newer software than was released with stable, you can use (packages from) backports, testing, unstable, or experimental, but they have less stability "guarantees". If you decide to try and run a mixed system, I put a guide up <http://iguanasuicide.org/node/4>. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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