Lennart Sorensen lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca writes:
On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 05:21:30PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
Lennart Sorensen lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (2014-01-06):
Debian stable means not changing things in general, so adding new
drivers is not something that is done.
Thank you for your detailed explanation of the organization and inner
workings of Debian community.
If we are going to discuss the finer nuances of English language,
stable also means opposite of broken
[http://thesaurus.com/browse/stable], which is exactly what your latest
stable network
On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 04:10:22PM +0100, Igor Levicki wrote:
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: unetbootin (USB stick)
Image version: debian-7.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso
Date: 2013-01-04 15:00:00 CET
Machine: ASUS Z87 PRO
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K
Memory: 16 GB DDR3
Lennart Sorensen lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (2014-01-06):
Debian stable means not changing things in general, so adding new
drivers is not something that is done.
Sorry, that's wrong.
The linux kernel is regularly updated in stable to add support for
new(er) hardware.
Mraw,
KiBi.
On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 05:21:30PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
Lennart Sorensen lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (2014-01-06):
Debian stable means not changing things in general, so adding new
drivers is not something that is done.
Sorry, that's wrong.
The linux kernel is regularly
On Mon, 2014-01-06 at 17:21 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
Lennart Sorensen lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (2014-01-06):
Debian stable means not changing things in general, so adding new
drivers is not something that is done.
Sorry, that's wrong.
The linux kernel is regularly updated in
Let me first clarify that I wanted to build a production system for
daily use, not an unstable test system where I could risk losing data so
that is why I opted for a stable release.
Since Debian 7.3 was released in December I assumed that it supports
hardware which hit retail in June.
Quoting Igor Levicki (i...@levicki.net):
Exactly what is preventing you to add new driver module which
supports both old and new hardware?
What? Easy to understand: you doing the work.
Of course that requires also you to understand how the Debian kernel
team work is organized, how the Debian
If there's any way for my last response to be removed/redacted, please
enforce it. I'm in no position to be responding here
My apologies.
On Jan 7, 2014 2:28 AM, Zach Morgan zachsmor...@gmail.com wrote:
This is addressed in an ANCIENT bug report. My organization has worked
around it for
This is addressed in an ANCIENT bug report. My organization has worked
around it for months. Please don't act like you're the only one affected by
stable's slow uptake of drivers.
If you want desktop support, use a desktop distro.
Quoting Igor Levicki (i...@levicki.net):
Exactly what is
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: unetbootin (USB stick)
Image version: debian-7.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso
Date: 2013-01-04 15:00:00 CET
Machine: ASUS Z87 PRO
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K
Memory: 16 GB DDR3
Partitions: n/a
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): dev 8086 ven 153b (Intel
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