On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 11:28:59PM +0100, Simon Oosthoek wrote: > Hi Hi,
> > talking about wondering ;-) > I was wondering if there is already a definate version plan for Mandriva > 2007? There isn't a definitive plan, but the idea is to use the latest kernel that was released around two months before the distro release. > > The kernel versions seem to take about 2.5 months to come of age > nowadays and 2007 will be released Oct-2006... > > 2.6.16 now (half March) > 2.6.17 begin June > 2.6.18 half/end August If 2.6.18 is planned to the end of August, then I think we may have 2.6.17 or 2.6.18, depending on the exact release date, and on other factors (stability of the current code, amount of pending work, etc.). My bet would be 2.6.17, but this is just a personal guess. > > If I understand some of the flashes I see on lkml (I don't read > everything ;-), Nobody does. 8) > there could be some scheduler improvements for desktop > use in 2.6.17 (or at least a patch outside the main tree), which could > be interesting, perhaps? If it enters 2.6.17, it is more likely that it will be included than if it is just a patch outside the main tree. Getting what was already included in the main tree is more safe from the point of view of the number of people testing it, and the integration effort. > > I think it would be good to have 2.6.17 in the first beta of 2007 and > then perhaps backport drivers of later versions if that is possible > (like with 2.6.12 in 2006.0) If the release dates match with our schedule, I guess that it is what would happen. (Note: I am not the one who take these decisions, so don't take them as decisions definitely taken by the kernel team, but just my personal impressions) -- Eduardo
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