Re: When to expect a kernel commit in Debian stable's kernel?

2009-10-10 Thread Paul E Condon
On 2009-10-10_00:19:12, Felix H. Dahlke wrote: Hi, I'm quite new to Debian, and wondering how long it usually takes for a kernel patch to go through unstable and testing to stable. The particular commit I'm interested in is: http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb/rev/5d1d221f596f I believe the

Re: When to expect a kernel commit in Debian stable's kernel?

2009-10-10 Thread Felix H. Dahlke
On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 18:25 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: Between releases, stable is only updated to fix RC bugs. Does that imply that there is no kernel release within one stable life cycle? If so, why are there 2.6.30 packages in lenny? What I'm currently hoping for is that the package

Re: When to expect a kernel commit in Debian stable's kernel?

2009-10-10 Thread thveillon.debian
Felix H. Dahlke wrote: On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 18:25 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: Between releases, stable is only updated to fix RC bugs. Does that imply that there is no kernel release within one stable life cycle? If so, why are there 2.6.30 packages in lenny? What I'm currently

Re: When to expect a kernel commit in Debian stable's kernel?

2009-10-10 Thread Felix H. Dahlke
On Sat, 2009-10-10 at 12:42 +0200, thveillon.debian wrote: gspca has been inside the kernel since 2.6.27 onward. Ah, the missing link, thank you! So from 2.6.27 you don't need any other source package, just userland tools. If you add debian backport to your sources.list I believe you'll have

Re: When to expect a kernel commit in Debian stable's kernel?

2009-10-10 Thread thveillon.debian
Felix H. Dahlke wrote: On Sat, 2009-10-10 at 12:42 +0200, thveillon.debian wrote: gspca has been inside the kernel since 2.6.27 onward. Ah, the missing link, thank you! So from 2.6.27 you don't need any other source package, just userland tools. If you add debian backport to your

Re: When to expect a kernel commit in Debian stable's kernel?

2009-10-10 Thread Felix H. Dahlke
On Sat, 2009-10-10 at 14:04 +0200, thveillon.debian wrote: However, I'm wondering why aptitude search and aptitude install show and install packages from backports when I'm not specifically using -t lenny-backports. That's a bit creepy. You can use preferences for that purpose. I never

Re: When to expect a kernel commit in Debian stable's kernel?

2009-10-10 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 01:36:59PM +0200, Felix H. Dahlke wrote: On Sat, 2009-10-10 at 12:42 +0200, thveillon.debian wrote: gspca has been inside the kernel since 2.6.27 onward. Ah, the missing link, thank you! So from 2.6.27 you don't need any other source package, just userland

Re: When to expect a kernel commit in Debian stable's kernel?

2009-10-10 Thread Brian Marshall
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 03:02:32PM +0200, Felix H. Dahlke wrote: On Sat, 2009-10-10 at 14:04 +0200, thveillon.debian wrote: However, I'm wondering why aptitude search and aptitude install show and install packages from backports when I'm not specifically using -t lenny-backports. That's

When to expect a kernel commit in Debian stable's kernel?

2009-10-09 Thread Felix H. Dahlke
Hi, I'm quite new to Debian, and wondering how long it usually takes for a kernel patch to go through unstable and testing to stable. The particular commit I'm interested in is: http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb/rev/5d1d221f596f I believe the respective debian package is gspca-modules (I have

Re: When to expect a kernel commit in Debian stable's kernel?

2009-10-09 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Felix H. Dahlke put forth on 10/9/2009 5:19 PM: Hi, I'm quite new to Debian, and wondering how long it usually takes for a kernel patch to go through unstable and testing to stable. No better time to learn than the present. If you want hot off the press kernel features and patches, go your

Re: When to expect a kernel commit in Debian stable's kernel?

2009-10-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 1255126752.5713.24.ca...@ixion, Felix H. Dahlke wrote: I'm quite new to Debian, and wondering how long it usually takes for a kernel patch to go through unstable and testing to stable. Between releases, stable is only updated to fix RC bugs. To do so, a patch is backported to the upstream