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Ubuntu-Debian shared kernel

Posted Sep 18, 2008 15:38 UTC (Thu) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054)
In reply to: LPC: Fitting into the kernel ecosystem by cortana
Parent article: LPC: Fitting into the kernel ecosystem

The kernel team makes a major release every three months.
Ubuntu makes a major release every six months.
Debian makes a major release about every 18 months or so.

Now do you see why Ubuntu and Debian can't share kernel packages?

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Posted Sep 18, 2008 23:25 UTC (Thu) by salimma (subscriber, #34460) [Link]

Now do you see why Ubuntu and Debian can't share kernel packages?

No. Why can't the kernel package be stabilized the same way other packages are stabilized? Base it off Debian's unstable distribution rather than the stable release.

Ubuntu-Debian shared kernel

Posted Sep 19, 2008 13:05 UTC (Fri) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054) [Link]

Other packages have longer release cycles than the kernel has.

Also, Ubuntu and Debian have different policies about what is allowed to
go into the kernel. Ubuntu allows "binary blobs" that Debian does not.