Re: debian netinst image using stable release with backports kernel

Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:31:45 +0200

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Thomas Lange <[email protected]> (2024-07-24):
> I wonder why Debian does not create the netinst ISO for bookworm
> including the backports kernel? IMO this would be a great benefit for
> our end users that want to use Debian on recent hardware.
> Running Debian stable but with a backports kernel is similar to Ubuntu
> HWE.
> 
> I hope that the cdimage building scripts support multiple lines
> in sources.list and that it's easy to specify a different kernel
> package name.
> 
> What's your opinion about that? Did you already had a discussion about
> that in the past?

Because it's more complicated than that, and time. PoC a little while
back… https://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2014/01/msg00026.html


Cheers,
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Cyril Brulebois ([email protected])            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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