Saucy kernel backport to Precise

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Fri Oct 25 16:43:06 UTC 2013


If you have the meta packages installed that reference the LTS kernel, 
e.g., linux-generic-lts-saucy-eol-upgrade, then you'll get an automatic 
notice.

On 10/25/2013 02:25 AM, Zoltan Kiss wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks! How can I get notified about the new packages? At the moment I'm
> checking this URL sometimes, and hope that you will use this package name :)
>
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&keywords=linux-image-generic-lts-saucy&searchon=names
>
> Zoli
>
> On 22/10/13 17:38, Tim Gardner wrote:
>> On 10/22/2013 04:26 AM, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
>>> Yes there will be an official backport.  We do not start recommending
>>> these for use in LTS releases until around the following point release
>>> to allow issues to be found and fixed in primary release, as a result we
>>> do not rush to get these out into the LTS.  That said they normally flow
>>> out with the SRUs for the primary release well in advance, so expect
>>> something in the next few weeks.
>>>
>>> -apw
>>>
>>>
>> Andy - its ready to be copied into Precise main, just needs some archive
>> admin love.
>>
>> rtg
>


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