Currently, I am using Debian Etch with kernel version 2.6.18-3-686. This
kernel has a bug that affects me in a rather annoying manner. This bug
is fixed in 2.6.20. Since etch is frozen, I am assuming that 2.6.20 will
not be in the final release of etch, correct? Can one estimate when
2.6.20 will make it into a debian release?


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On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:53:08AM -0700, jdaues wrote:
> Currently, I am using Debian Etch with kernel version 2.6.18-3-686. This
> kernel has a bug that affects me in a rather annoying manner. This bug
> is fixed in 2.6.20. Since etch is frozen, I am assuming that 2.6.20 will
> not be in the final release of etch, correct? Can one estimate when
> 2.6.20 will make it into a debian release?
>
Probably never. The release of Lenny will likely have a higher numbered
kernel. Of course, you can always get the vanilla kernel source and
build one yourself using kernel-package. For bonus points, you can
identify the fix and create a patch to the current Debian kernel source
and submit it to the kernel team to see if it can be included. Of
course, the bug would need to be rather serious for them consider such a
thing this late in the release cycle.

Regards,

-Roberto

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On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 02:36:46PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:53:08AM -0700, jdaues wrote:
> > Currently, I am using Debian Etch with kernel version 2.6.18-3-686. This
> > kernel has a bug that affects me in a rather annoying manner. This bug
> > is fixed in 2.6.20. Since etch is frozen, I am assuming that 2.6.20 will
> > not be in the final release of etch, correct? Can one estimate when
> > 2.6.20 will make it into a debian release?
> >
> Probably never. The release of Lenny will likely have a higher numbered
> kernel. Of course, you can always get the vanilla kernel source and
> build one yourself using kernel-package. For bonus points, you can
> identify the fix and create a patch to the current Debian kernel source
> and submit it to the kernel team to see if it can be included. Of
> course, the bug would need to be rather serious for them consider such a
> thing this late in the release cycle.
>

Don't new kernel versions come out after release, with the updates?
Also, once Etch is stable, before Lenny is stable, won't a 2.6.20 end up
in testing at some point?

Doug.


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas Allan Tutty [mailto:dtutty@porchlight.ca]
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 4:40 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: kernel versions in releases.
>
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 02:36:46PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:53:08AM -0700, jdaues wrote:
> > > Currently, I am using Debian Etch with kernel version
> 2.6.18-3-686. This
> > > kernel has a bug that affects me in a rather annoying
> manner. This bug
> > > is fixed in 2.6.20. Since etch is frozen, I am assuming
> that 2.6.20 will
> > > not be in the final release of etch, correct? Can one
> estimate when
> > > 2.6.20 will make it into a debian release?
> > >
> > Probably never. The release of Lenny will likely have a
> higher numbered
> > kernel. Of course, you can always get the vanilla kernel source and
> > build one yourself using kernel-package. For bonus points, you can
> > identify the fix and create a patch to the current Debian
> kernel source
> > and submit it to the kernel team to see if it can be included. Of
> > course, the bug would need to be rather serious for them
> consider such a
> > thing this late in the release cycle.
> >
>
> Don't new kernel versions come out after release, with the updates?
> Also, once Etch is stable, before Lenny is stable, won't a
> 2.6.20 end up
> in testing at some point?
>
> Doug.

One can always grab .debs for the latest kernel from sid or experimental,
or elsewhere. Quoting from the debian-devel-annouce mailing list:

> As mentioned above, we are tracking upstream closely. Usually, the latest
> upstream release reaches unstable almost on the day of its release.
> Experimental acts as staging area, where the -rcX kernels are built. If
> you want to be on the cutting edge, Bastian Blank provides daily builds
> out of the debian-kernel repository [1].
>
> [1] deb http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel trunk main


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On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 07:39:51PM -0500, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
>
> Don't new kernel versions come out after release, with the updates?
> Also, once Etch is stable, before Lenny is stable, won't a 2.6.20 end up
> in testing at some point?
>
Yes. But the original question was a request for an estimation of
when 2.6.20 would make it into a Debian release. Thus, the appropriate
reply is "probably never." At some point, 2.6.20 should end up in
unstable/testing, but there is no guarantee as 2.6.21 might come out by
the time of release or shortly thereafter. In which case, the kernel
team might not want to waste their time on 2.6.20 and move straight to
2.6.21.

Regards,

-Roberto

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jdaues wrote:
> Currently, I am using Debian Etch with kernel version 2.6.18-3-686. This
> kernel has a bug that affects me in a rather annoying manner. This bug
> is fixed in 2.6.20. Since etch is frozen, I am assuming that 2.6.20 will
> not be in the final release of etch, correct? Can one estimate when
> 2.6.20 will make it into a debian release?
>
>

what's the bug?

Hugo


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> what's the bug?
The gdb (gnome debugger) does not work correctly.
Describe here:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source....20/+bug/74691
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=513751


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