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Re: Why don't we have linux-5.0 instead of 4.19.0-4 which is the running kernel in Debian 'buster' i.e. testing ?

From Vincent Bernat <bernat@debian.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.kernel
Subject Re: Why don't we have linux-5.0 instead of 4.19.0-4 which is the running kernel in Debian 'buster' i.e. testing ?
Date 2019-04-06 08:30 +0200
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 ❦  6 avril 2019 02:14 +00, shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com>:

> Currently we are using 4.19.0-4 according to the lastest updated
> systems on buster .
>
> $ uname -r
> 4.19.0-4-amd64
>
> I see that 4.20 has been taken out of the archive and the 5.0 is there
> but in experimental -
>
> $ apt-cache policy linux-image-5.0.0-trunk-amd64
> linux-image-5.0.0-trunk-amd64:
>   Installed: (none)
>   Candidate: 5.0.2-1~exp1
>   Version table:
>      5.0.2-1~exp1 1
>           1 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian experimental/main
> amd64 Packages
>
> What's stopping it to move to unstable and have an unblock and be for buster ?

4.19 is a LTS kernel. 4.20 and 5.0 are not.
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Why don't we have linux-5.0 instead of 4.19.0-4 which is the running  kernel in Debian 'buster' i.e. testing ? shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com> - 2019-04-06 04:20 +0200
  Re: Why don't we have linux-5.0 instead of 4.19.0-4 which is the running kernel in Debian 'buster' i.e. testing ? Vincent Bernat <bernat@debian.org> - 2019-04-06 08:30 +0200

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