[Debian] Re: Debian will soon stabilize

[Ola Lundqvist]

Hi

No there is no confidence... :(

My estimate is that the version that will be used is the kernel version
released in may or something. As we have a 2.6.25-rc6 already we will
likely have a Debian lenny based on 2.6.25 or maybe even later.

If I ask the kernel development team I will likely get the answer that they
do not work and that they will use the latest fully working version when
we release Debian.

I know that this is not a good answer, but it is the best I can give.

Best regards,

// Ola

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 06:32:29PM +0300, Kirill Korotaev wrote:
> Ola, is there some confidence it will be 2.6.24?
> (Looks related to Ubuntu LTS release based on 2.6.24... :) ).
> 
> Kir, plz check what we can improve in regards Debian support.
> 
> Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > I would like to inform that the development of next version of
> > Debian (lenny) is about to be stabilized.
> > 
> > This is the time plan:
> > 
> > Early March 2008
> >   Very soft freeze
> >     Please start thinking about the release when uploading new major
> >         upstream versions. Only upload to unstable if you are sure that
> >         the software will be stable before we release. If you are not
> >         convinced, use experimental as staging area.
> > 
> >   Freeze of release goal list
> >     We will announce the final list of release goals and report about
> >     the progress made in each area. At this point, goals which look
> >     too hard to complete for lenny will be removed from the list (and
> >     automatically put on the list for lenny+1)
> > 
> >   Start of the second BSP marathon for Lenny
> >     See below for more information about this, but you can and should
> >     help with it.
> > 
> > Early April 2008
> >   Freeze of the essential toolchain
> > 
> > Mid of June 2008
> >   Freeze of the non-essential toolchain and all libraries
> >     The "non-essential toolchain" means things like debhelper, cdbs
> >     and a big chunk of other things usually needed to produce binary
> >     packages.
> > 
> > Mid of July 2008
> >   Full freeze
> >     Please don't wait with uploads for the last day before the freeze,
> >     thanks.
> > 
> > September 2008
> >   Release lenny!
> > 
> > 
> > So we need to start thinking of the patch of the kernel that will be part of
> > lenny. The version used now in lenny is 2.6.24.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > // Ola
> > 
> 

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