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?
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