Re: Addition of Newer Kernel @ etch & 1/2

2006-05-21 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 07:47:16AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > If we want to prepare for this possibility, the one issue that the d-i > > folks pointed out is that we'd probably want to refactor our meta > > packages such that we could have both metapackages for the latest > > 2.6.N and additiona

Re: Addition of Newer Kernel @ etch & 1/2

2006-05-16 Thread Sven Luther
> If we want to prepare for this possibility, the one issue that the d-i > folks pointed out is that we'd probably want to refactor our meta > packages such that we could have both metapackages for the latest > 2.6.N and additional packages for the latest 2.6.N+, so users can > track whichever they

Addition of Newer Kernel @ etch & 1/2

2006-05-16 Thread dann frazier
hey, I've had discussions with a number of folks at DebConf this week about how we might add new hardware support to a stable release after its first release. The most well-received suggestion has been to add an additional updated kernel in a stable point release - perhaps near the middle of the