Bug#392015: [Debian] Re: Bug#478208: linux-patch-openvz asks for kernel version 2.6.18 while default kernel on lenny is 2.6.24

[Kir Kolyshkin]

maximilian attems wrote:
> hello kir,
>
> On Tue, 03 Jun 2008, Kir Kolyshkin wrote:
>   
>> Hi Max,
>>
>> I am happy to let you know we are getting ahead of schedule, as we
>> already have compilable (and even somewhat working) OpenVZ for 2.6.26.
>> You can see its git repo at [1].
>>     
>
> cool cloned.
>
>   
>> This is currently -rc3 based. It is still in active development and some
>> more tricky stuff (like checkpointing) is missing yet, but the core
>> things are there.
>>     
>
> i see, updating daily :)
>
>   
>> Now more questions. In what form do you want our patches? We can provide
>> you with one big "consolidated" patch, and then multiple fixes/updates
>> on top of that (similar to what we do for Ubuntu Hardy openvz kernel
>> flavor, see [2]). Or we can keep sending the updated "consolidated"
>> patch till your kernel stabilizes, and individual patches on top after
>> that.  Please advise.
>>     
>
> having the git i can easily extract one big monolitic patch.
> as soon as the tree has catched up with upstream,
>   
Do you mean our tree? We have rebased to rc5 now, the branch is called 
v2.6.26-rc5-ovz
> i'll add the openvz flavour to debian.
>
> once the linux image 2.6.26 will be uploaded consecutive fixes
> are preferred, also easily taken directly out of git.
> once Lenny is stabilising we will be only allowed to add grave fixes.
> and later the usual stable update rules apply.
>   
Gotcha.
>   
>> Hope to hear from you soon,
>>  Kir.
>>
>> [1] http://git.openvz.org/?p=linux-2.6.26-openvz;a=summary
>> [2]
>> http://git.openvz.org/?p=ubuntu-hardy-openvz;a=tree;f=debian/binary-custom.d/openvz/patchset
>>     
>
> best regards
>
> --
> maks
>