On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 11:35:52AM +0100, maximilian attems wrote:
> Debian is known for outdated kernels.
> 2.6.8 got out with Sarge release. By then this kernel
> was about a year old and wouldn't install on SATA boxes.
> 2.6.18 is the Etch kernel, it was half a year old when
> we released.
> 2.6.19 wasn't the most stable release so the pick was
> mostly good (tbm sorting the arm troubles with -mm
> fedora patches).
What do you want to say?
> Currently d-i has been based for half a year on 2.6.22 and
> doesn't install on many recent boxes like Dell Optiplex
> 755 offered by hardware vendors or semi-current Intel
> desktop boards DG33FB. When Debian fails on the first
> try people usually try another distribution only very
> few debootstrap back to Debian.
This is a d-i problem. They want to handle that on the own.
> It was said that SVN cannot cope with the git snapshot patches,
> due to their size.
Please show where this was mentioned.
Thank you for not even mention my problems.
Bastian
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