On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 05:51:08PM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > I'm curious as to why the latest "dot release" kernel in Potato is > 2.2.15 and not 2.2.16. The latest package update shows 2.2.17pre6 > to be available, but .16 is skipped. I don't read -devel so I'm > in the dark as to why. Also, why is .14 not available as a package > any longer? I'm really quite hesitant to install a pre* kernel > on a nearly stable system. Anyone using .17pre6 who can assure > me it's stable enough? > > Questions, questions, questions...
2.2.16 was skipped because it wasn't stable. 2.2.17pre fixed it, and 2.2.17-pre6 is nothing but fixes to 2.2.16. 2.2.14 was yanked because it contained security problems. Have faith that Debian does things for as reason. We wouldn't leave a kernel around in frozen just before release that was known to be buggy :) Ben -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
