[Debian] Re: lenny updates

[Ola Lundqvist]

Hi Cedric

I think we have a misunderstanding now. I think Kir asked me about the  
kenerl used in Debian now for planning of ABI++ updates.

But I may be wrong.

Thanks for the answer anyway.

Best regards,

// Ola

Quoting Cedric Jeanneret <cedric.jeanneret at camptocamp.com>:

> Hi again.
>
> It's simply the latests stable release from openvz.org :
> 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.028stab060.2
>
> to use it under debian (as it's an rpm), simply do:
> alien <package>
> dpkg -i <package.deb>
> updateinitramfs
> update-grub
> and check it's the default kernel in case you reboot.
>
> Regards,
>
> C.
>
> On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:35:01 +0300
> Kir Kolyshkin <kir at openvz.org> wrote:
>
>> Ola Lundqvist wrote:
>> > Hi Kir
>> >
>> > On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 10:27:55PM +0300, Kir Kolyshkin wrote:
>> >
>> >> Since it's gonna be ABI++ anyway, we'd like to take a look at what we
>> >> have in git and maybe recommend some other critical/important bugfixes.
>> >> Ideally we'd like Debian to just pull from our git (i.e. merge all the
>> >> patches we have there), but as I understand this is not how things are
>> >> working here.
>> >>
>> >
>> > For "normal" packages we can only provide small changes. I assume the
>> > same rule apply to kernel updates as well.
>> >
>> >
>> >> So, will it be helpful / worth it if we come with such a list of highly
>> >> recommended patches?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Absolutely! We can document them in separate bug reports if needed.
>>
>> All right, can you give us an idea of what kernel do you currently have?
>> Either a version or a git commit id.
>>
>> Then I hope Pavel will take a look and pick up the most important stuff.
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