On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 05:35:53AM -0000, Forest wrote:
> I think this patch might warrant a kernel freeze exception.
No, it doesn't work that way. An "exception" here would set back the
release by a whole week, due to the time involved in integrating kernel
changes and validating the resulting images. We aren't going to do that for
a single piece of hardware that's supported on a best effort basis - this is
entirely suitable for fixing in a post-release update.
> Why advertise a netbook distribution whose net connectivity is broken for
> two major releases in a row?
There are many netbooks that aren't affected by this problem. Some of them
are sold with Ubuntu pre-installed.
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On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 05:35:53AM -0000, Forest wrote:
> I think this patch might warrant a kernel freeze exception.
No, it doesn't work that way. An "exception" here would set back the
release by a whole week, due to the time involved in integrating kernel
changes and validating the resulting images. We aren't going to do that for
a single piece of hardware that's supported on a best effort basis - this is
entirely suitable for fixing in a post-release update.
> Why advertise a netbook distribution whose net connectivity is broken for
> two major releases in a row?
There are many netbooks that aren't affected by this problem. Some of them
are sold with Ubuntu pre-installed.
-- www.debian. org/
Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer http://
<email address hidden> <email address hidden>