[Decision] Kernel version for stretch

To: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>, Debian release team <debian-release@lists.debian.org>

Cc: Debian kernel maintainers <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>, debian-boot@lists.debian.org

Subject: [Decision] Kernel version for stretch

From: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>

Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 21:43:31 +0000

Message-id: <[🔎] 56CE2403.702@thykier.net>

In-reply-to: <1453918891.20647.32.camel@decadent.org.uk>

References: <1453918891.20647.32.camel@decadent.org.uk>

Hi, On the Release Team's IRC meeting today we concluded the following[1]: * We expect to release Stretch with the LTS release based on Linux 4.10 * We intend to delay the freeze (all milestone dates) by 2 months to accommodate the above. - Note that the expected release date of Linux 4.10 will then fall between the "new" freeze and the "deep" freeze. * The linux 4.10 release will be entitled to a freeze exception if it misses "deep freeze" by 5th of Feb. - This exception only applies to linux. * We would like to encourage the Linux kernel maintainers to upload release candidates of Linux 4.10 in sid. - The sooner we can spot regressions/problems in reverse dependencies, the better. This decision is based on assumptions about the current release schedule of the Linux kernel. Should the expected release date for the LTS change considerably, we may have to revise the decision. This mail is intended as a heads up to the parties involved (and not as a replacement of the official announcement). We will include it in our upcoming "bits from the release team", which is due soon. Thanks, ~Niels [1] http://meetbot.debian.net/debian-release/2016/debian-release.2016-02-24-18.59.html