On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 6:01 AM, Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> wrote: > Hey folks, > > There's something I've been pondering for a while, along with some > other folks - it might be useful to do a "jessie and a half" release, > similarly to what we did in the etch days. That's *basically* just > like a normal jessie release, but with a few key updates: > > * backports kernel I built Reiser4-patched (SFRN 4.0.1) Linux kernel 4.6.2-2 from Debian source (i.e, 'backport') for Jessie on AMD64.
> * rebuilt d-i to match that kernel Did - but upon d-i test installation of Debian Desktop Environment, I found out it(seems *all* GUIs selected in d-i) has a 'nasty' dependency on xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse for VMware. Those of us not on proprietary stuff can purge xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse; however, action will also remove a couple of task*-related packages. Adding the Stretch repositories and subsequently installing xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse, it will bring about plenty of X upgrades. So *yes*: > * X drivers > * ... (other things that might be needed for consistency) > > all rolled up with a small installer image build (netinst, maybe DVD#1). > > A lot of arm64 machine users would benefit from this, and maybe owners > of very recent amd64 machines too, with better support for things on > the Skylake platform. Those are the only two architectures I'm > thinking of supporting at this point. > > Is anybody else interested in helping? Thoughts/comments? > > -- Best Professional Regards. -- Jose R R http://metztli.it --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Try at no charge http://b2evolution.net for http://OpenShift.com PaaS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- from our GitHub http://Nepohualtzintzin.com repository. Cloud the easy way! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
