Le mer. 17 avr. 2019 17:36, Thierry Vilmart <[email protected]> a écrit :
> Hi, > > Let me just express my worry that Debian buster and debian based > distributions like Ubuntu will miss kernel 5 and AMD Free Sync for 2 > years until next Debian release in 2 years. > I for one, am not afraid of this. Backports for New major versions have been available in the past (ex: the 4.x line in Jessie). One thing I'm rather happy about, in fact, is NOT to undergo a cowboy-style major version upgrade at gunpoint. > > > fact 1: AMD Free sync needs the kernel 5, and it is a very nice feature > to adapt the monitor's refresh rate smarter than V-sync, and to avoid > tearing. > > fact 2: kernel 4.19 goes out of life in Dec 2020 > > As debated on the debian forum. > http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=141563 > > Best Regards > Thierry Vilmart > > fre 2019-04-12 klockan 17:51 +0200 skrev Thierry Vilmart: > > question: > > > > What will happen to buster when kernel 4.19 goes out of life in > > Dec2020? > > > > See EOL for 4.19. > > https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html > > > > > > If buster debian 10 has to change the kernel to 5 in Dec 2020, it > > will > > be untested. And it would be preferable to have kernel 5 before > > buster > > is realeased during the testing phase. > > > > Or will you do your own patchsets on an out of life 4.19 kernel? > > > > Regards > > Thierry > >
