Debian stable Buster kernel version

[Chrisdb]

Hello guys,

I've been looking around, but can't seem to find a clear answer. Or maybe it's not official yet. I don't know.

Can anyone tell me what the kernel version of the following stable release (Buster) will be?

Thx

[Head_on_a_Stick]

it's not official yet

^ This.

The full freeze starts on 2019-03-12[1], whichever kernel version is dependent on the linux-image-$architecture metapackage at that time will become the stable release kernel.

My bet is on v5.0 but this is just a guess.

[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-a ... 00008.html

[Chrisdb]

it's not official yet

^ This.

The full freeze starts on 2019-03-12[1], whichever kernel version is dependent on the linux-image-$architecture metapackage at that time will become the stable release kernel.

My bet is on v5.0 but this is just a guess.

[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-a ... 00008.html

Thx for the answer
So basically I should keep an eye on the following(for 64 bit):
https://packages.debian.org/buster/linux-image-amd64

Is this correct?

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Yes, that's right.

[stevepusser]

I thought that the latest LTS kernel at freeze time is what they go for, since security updates are much easier, being in the source releases instead of having the Debian developers have to manually backport the fixes.

[Chrisdb]

I thought that the latest LTS kernel at freeze time is what they go for, since security updates are much easier, being in the source releases instead of having the Debian developers have to manually backport the fixes.

Ok so I guess version 4.19 will be shipped with Buster then as 5.0 is not LTS?

[stevepusser]

Yes, probably, though there are a lot of reports that the 4.19 kernel is buggy.

https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comment ... ts_kernel/

[Chrisdb]

Yes, probably, though there are a lot of reports that the 4.19 kernel is buggy.

https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comment ... ts_kernel/

That's not really reassuring...