[Debian] Re: Debian will soon stabilize

[Kirill Korotaev]

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
>