On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 07:44:32PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, hey Holger!
> now what the etchnhalf kernel has been uploaded, what are the next steps > needing to happen, so that we have installation media and an > announcement? >From the kernel side, we need to do another upload to fix some build issues, upload the linux-latest for etchnhalf, and do work on any out-of-tree modules we want to include. We talked with Daniel about the conglomerate packages a while back & he had some ideas, but we haven't restarted the discussion now that a kernel is available. I also want to look for any hw support backports 2.6.24 that would be simple/good - bnx2 is of interest to me, since most of the machines I deal with use it. waldi has a fw splitout patch based on the 2.6.24 driver/fw, and I want to investigate either adding 2.6.24 support to it, or backporting the 2.6.25 driver and using his existing split. Of course, I expect the 2.6.24 kernel to be as supportive of new hardware support after release as 2.6.18 was, so new hardware could be added later. And the next d-i beta is needed to make it installable, but I believe Frans's udeb for etch support has the missing pieces now. Oh - and we certainly want testers for the kernel. Maybe a post on planet here would help. > Anything I can do to help? We need to start drafting a release note of sorts for users that can go out with (or as part of) the point release announcement. I can start a draft, but would certainly want help there. Beyond that, there's looking for/plugging holes, and of course testing. > After writing this I checked the wikipage to get the URL to suggest to draft > the announcement there and then noticed I wasnt subscribed to it, doh > (&fixed). There are news I wasn't aware of, reposting them here as you might > neither: > > FAQ > > How can a user test Etch-n-Half before it's released ? > Simply add the etch-proposed-updates sources after main in > your /etc/apt/sources.list. > > How can a user propose update to support more Hardware > (not answered). > > When will it be shipped > The current plan for etch and a half is to release as part of a point release > (4.0r4). > > What packages would be updated > linux-2.6.24 > Xorg driver (none yet). > A new version of d-i, based on Lenny one. > > > So I guess the only questions left is when is r4 to be expected and if/how I > can help with that ;) The SRMs are working on an oldstable update first - putting sarge to bed before the next etch update. Other than that, I don't know of any blockers, but if they appear they should appear in the TODO here: http://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable.html > regards, > Holger, installing the kernel atm... great! -- dann frazier -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
