Re: [PLUG] debian stable & 2.4?

[kevin mudrick <kevin@furhurts.com>]

> First question is why do you need to use a 2.4 kernel? A
> single-processor webserver should do just fine with a recent 2.2 kernel.

Actually, I would like to add a second processor to this machine soon..

> Assuming that you do have a good reason (like wanting IPTables) for
> using 2.4, then I'd go ahead with woody. Actuall broken packages very

Well, honestly my reasons aren't that good ;)  iptables, the newer virtual
memory stuff, ext3..

> rarely make it into testing, because of the 2-10 day waiting period
> before a new package can be moved from unstable into testing. The 2 big
> problems with woody are:
>
> 1) That waiting period applies even to urgent security updates (usually
> just 2 days though).
>
> 2) Frequently, a package will make it into testing, but some of its
> dependancies will not (as bugs are found and fixed in unstable, the
> waiting period starts over). You then find that you can't install or
> update that package. This problem can be worked around by allowing
> specific packages from unstable to be installed. Damned if I can find
> the description of how to do that, though.

Thanks.. I think I will just make the upgrade to woody.  Does anyone have
any idea when woody might officially become stable?

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