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Etch and a half is the nickname for a project to add newer packages (kernel, Xorg drivers and debian-installer) within the stable Debian 'etch' release to increase its usefulness to users with hardware that requires updated drivers.

Mailing List

A mailing list for this project is available on [http://teams.debian.net teams.debian.net]. The name of the list is project-etchnahalf ([http://teams.debian.net/lurker/list/project-etchnahalf.html archive]).

Release Notes are being staged at /ReleaseNotes.

FAQ

How can a user test Etch And A Half before it's released ?

Simply add the etch-proposed-updates sources after the etch main sources in your /etc/apt/sources.list deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian etch-proposed-updates main (more help on StableProposedUpdates page).

How can a user propose update to support more Hardware

(not answered).

When will it be shipped
The current plan for Atch And A Half is to release as part of a point release (4.0r4).
What packages would be updated
  • linux-2.6.24
  • Xorg drivers
  • debian-installer (based on Lenny one)
What will not work with this 2.6.24 kernel
  • XEN
  • vserver

TODO

* [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=project-etchnahalf@teams.debian.net;which=tag&data=needed&archive=no Bugs] that need to be resolved * Add b43-fwcutter, bnx2-fwcutter

Kickoff Meeting 2007.10.31 @ 18:00 GMT in #debian-release

Minutes and log

Agenda

  • Is it still a good idea?
  • Kernel
    • Are there any issues with using 2.6.23?
    • Must the Etch And A Half kernel have a superset of the 2.6.18 features? (e.g., xen, linux-modules-*, kernel-patches, etc)
    • Do we need to comply with etch or post-etch blob-stripping rules?
    • What differences should the Etch And A Half kernel have vs. the packages targeted for sid (e.g., ATA config)
    • Update kernel patches and modules?
    • Newer kernel headers use linux-libc-dev: do we need that too?
    • Will newer kernel headers cause other packages that build against them to FTBFS?
    • Are there other packages that need to be upgraded at the same time? for instance sysvinit to solve #426224
    • 2.6.18 with more backports (e1000, forcedeth, ...)?
    • xen update to 3.1?
  • X
    • What X driver updates?
  • d-i
    • What d-i changes are necessary? What d-i branch?
  • GNOME
  • KDE
  • Attempt to derive a list of milestones/dependencies
  • Future discussion
    • teams.debian.net list?
    • future meetings


  • keywords: EtchAndAHalf ; Etch-And-A-Half; Etch-N-Half ; Etchnhalf ; Etchnahalf