On Thu, 2008-08-28 at 20:32 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 11:22:19AM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 09:36:53AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 05:20:53PM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > > > > I'm not aware of any well-formed consensus yet - though there are > > > > several ideas. I'll caveat this by saying I don't follow Xen > > > > development at all, and didn't participate in the previous thread > > > > about this (very busy at the time), but I do think the approach that > > > > would be best for our users is to ship a 2.6.18-based kernel in > > > > lenny - aka, Bastian's Option 5: > > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/07/msg00476.html > > > > > > What is the problem with Option 4? > > > > My two concerns with that are: > > * Dropping support for a package in a stable release (which we > > currently only do due to unforeseen circumstances) and > > * forcing users to upgrade to a new upstream version within a stable > > release. > > So nothing in addition to my concerns. So we are back at the decision > between: > - Full support, which currently noone wants to handle. > - Support until we have something new, which breaks with some rules. > - No support. > > I know its not really pretty, but for now its the best we can get IMHO.
I agree (FWIW, I'm only a bit player round here...) As much as I'd like to help with offering full support I think realistically I'm not going to have that much time to give to it, at least not with any guarantee. I'm not sure that requiring users to upgrade to a new upstream version within a stable release is all that heinous _iff_ it is well documented in the original release notes as Bastian suggests. Assuming the andahalf thing continues with Lenny (why wouldn't it?) it seems like a perfect vehicle for something like that. Ian. -- Ian Campbell It's hard to keep your shirt on when you're getting something off your chest. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
