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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Looks like Debian 8 (jessie) is coming very soon, Paul - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Linux kernel version for jessie Resent-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:33:28 +0000 (UTC) Resent-From: debian-devel-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:32:55 +0100 From: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: debian-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: debian-devel-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: Debian kernel maintainers <debian-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The Debian Linux kernel team has discussed and chosen the kernel version to use as a basis for Debian 8 'jessie'. This will be Linux 3.16, due to be released in early August. Release candidates for Linux 3.16 are already packaged and available in the experimental suite. If you maintain a package that is closely bound to the kernel version - a kernel module or a userland application that depends on an unstable API - please ensure that it is compatible with Linux 3.16 prior to the freeze date (5th November, 2014). Incompatible packages are very likely to be removed from testing and not included in jessie. Q: My kernel module package doesn't build on 3.16 and upstream is not interested in supporting this version. What can I do? A: We might be able to help you with forward-porting, but also try <http://kernelnewbies.org/> or the mailing list(s) for the relevant kernel subsystem(s). Q: There's an important new kernel feature that ought to go into jessie, but it won't be in 3.16. Can you still add it? A: Maybe - sometimes this is easy and sometimes it's too disruptive to the rest of the kernel. Please contact us on the debian-kernel mailing list or by opening a wishlist bug. Q: Will Linux 3.16 get long term support from upstream? A: The Linux 3.16-stable branch will *not* be maintained as a longterm branch at kernel.org. However, the Ubuntu kernel team will continue to maintain that branch, following the same rules for acceptance and review, until around April 2016. I can continue maintenance from then until the end of regular support for 'jessie'. Ben. - -- Ben Hutchings The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.  - Robert Coveyou -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlPZLiwACgkQaggq1k2FJq06EgCcDQ1R18H3SQ8OOAyHeeiMIbQr 6g4AmgMSzRg+3S0jxvd/crnGpbbaGTyj =Lbf4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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